FT

Morning, everyone. Only time for a rather hasty run through Redshank’s tricksy and very enjoyable puzzle today… ACROSS 1. SKELETON  Anagram of K(ey) lets one – nice &lit 5. EARWIG  I(talian) within anagram of wager 9. OLEANDER  … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/May 27 Gentle, trouble-free start of the week with this Dante puzzle – for which once more many thanks to the setter. Definitions are underlined wherever appropriate and/or possible. Across 1 … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 25, 2013 I sailed through most of this puzzle but had some considerable trouble with the bottom-right quadrant. My favourite clues are 9A (TUSSLE) and … Read more >>

Quite easy for a Cinephile I thought but no less enjoyable for it. Across 1 See 12 down 4 STAFF CAR Trauma about Welshman nearly getting official transport (5,3) SCAR (trauma) about TAFFy … Read more >>

This looked daunting at first pass, but it proceeded quite well after that. There are some inter-related answers and clues. The over-riding link for these seems to be 2 wars, the Trojan War … Read more >>

Lots to enjoy (stumped by 24 across)         Across 1 AIRSTRIP place for taking off AIRS (broadcasts) TRIP (drug experience) 6 CLEESE comedian LEE (general) S[hock] in CE (church) 9 … Read more >>

I struggled somewhat with today’s offering from Loroso, though in retrospect I’m not entirely sure why. A testing puzzle, for sure, with plenty of ingenious mechanisms and subtle misdirections, but nothing to grumble … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/May 20 It’s been a while since we had a Crux puzzle on a Monday. I found this once more an enjoyable puzzle (with many fine surfaces) from this setter. However, … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 18, 2013 There were no obscure words or references in this puzzle but I found it a little challenging. It took me a while to … Read more >>

Its Geography lesson again this morning, Gozo continues to educate and entertain us.  Thank you Gozo. Though I found this quick to solve there are still a couple of answers I can’t explain (7 and … Read more >>

A relaxing start to the FT week.  Thanks to Armonie.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose any comments on them … Read more >>

A really tricky puzzle today         Across 1 GINGER beer GIN (drink) GERM (beginning) minus M (maiden) 4 BRACED prepared BRA (support) CE (church) [fun]D 8 HAMMOCK to lie in … Read more >>

A breeze of a puzzle, this one, really, but still, a pleasant diversion on a rather bleak morning in England. One or two clues didn’t quite satisfy, but all-in-all no real grumbles – … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/May 13 An enjoyable Dante puzzle which confirmed his love for cryptic (and double) definitions. About half of the clues fell into that category. And then there was 15ac.  Just two … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 11, 2013 I am including the clues in my blog this week for the first time. And I again welcome comments on whether people appreciate … Read more >>