FT

Cracking topical theme using lots of clever devices       Across 1 GEORGE LAZENBY (On HM Secret Service) (Z GENERAL BOGEY)* 8 REINVENTS (makes up again) REIN (controller) VENTS (lets off steam) … Read more >>

It’s a rather rushed Ringo this morning, so I’m afraid it’s a stripped-down, no-frills blog of this very nice puzzle from the Don. Apologies in advance for any typos. ACROSS 1. MAGISTRACY  Magi … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 15 A pleasant enough Dante puzzle with some very nice touches (9ac, 16ac and 25ac, to name three), but ….. ….. having said that, I wasn’t happy with two duplications. … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 13, 2012 Oh my but this was a tricky one! Some clues were flat-out difficult, for me notably 11A (CLASSLESS), 7D (GREBO) and 20D (BRITPOP). … Read more >>

Not difficult but very nicely done.  Thank you Cinephile. Hold the mouse pointer over any clue number to read the clue. Across 1 CONVEYOR BELT (LOVE BY CORONET)* possibly=anagram 8 INSIDER sounds like “in cider” … Read more >>

Approached this with trepidation as I didn’t have much success solving previous Alberichs, much less blog them.  Started off okay with the NE quadrant, then the SE, then considerably slowed down.  14across defeated me, … Read more >>

Good start to the day       Across 1 PLAINTIFF (litigant) sounds like (say) PLANE TIFF 6 STICK (criticism) S[kinhead] TICK (credit) 9 LOCUM (doctor) sounds like (rumours) LOW COME (depression, arrive) … Read more >>

I enjoyed this morning’s not-too-tough offering from Styx, although I found the odd clue surprisingly knotty (like discovering ball-bearings in your candy-floss). My main cavil would be that I think an anagram is … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 8 While expecting another Crux, we got an enjoyable crossword from Falcon instead (which can be found here). I had a flying start, but just like in this setter’s recent … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 6, 2012 Ah, a Cincinnus puzzle with a theme, the TV program “Frasier”! I like a themed puzzle occasionally but this one proved difficult for … Read more >>

More difficult than the previous puzzles by Aardvark that I have blogged.  I ejoyed this very much, thank you Aardvark. I started in the top-left corner and after a few solutions went in at first glance … Read more >>

The NE corner took me longer than usual for a Phssthpok.  Thanks for the challenge, Phssthpok.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links with the puzzle.]] Across … Read more >>

This was another excellent crossword by Redshank full of nice twists and turns, including the inevitable subtraction anagrams. After today’s FT blooper one cannot expect Jed to write another blog. Therefore I am happy to … Read more >>

Masterly polychromic strokes       Across 9 ONE ACROSS (not in this puzzle) (OCEAN)* ROSS (sea) 10 AZURE (heraldic colour) sounds like HAS YOUR (common) 11 PURPURE (heraldic colour) PUR[e] PURE (clean) … Read more >>