FT

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 29, 2012 I typically find Bradman’s puzzles more difficult than most and this one was no exception. In particular, it took me a good while … Read more >>

A colourful crossword from Cinephile today.   From what I can see Cinephile is missing only SABLE to complete the set of heraldic metals and colours (as defined by Wikipedia).  Thank you Cinephile. … Read more >>

Another enjoyable one from Tuesday regular Jason.  Plain sailing until the last one 19A. I got the answer, but it was one of the usually short ones that I can’t explain.  Called a friend, … Read more >>

A mixed challenge       Across 9 HEARTACHE (anguish) HE (man) ART (skill) ACHE (longing) 10 GRIPE (complain) G[eorge] RIPE (ready) 11 UNCANNY (mysterious) UNC[le] (relative cut short) ANN (girl) [holida]Y 12 … Read more >>

A soggy pink ‘un – thanks to the newsagent’s unmopped floor – and varied and enjoyable, if not particularly difficult, puzzle from Peto. I don’t know if I’ve blogged this setter before (or, … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 24 Not C- or D-day this time, but an elegantly clued crossword by Falcon which can be found  here. Very enjoyable, but also very easy. There are people visiting this site … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 22, 2012 Mudd has a few very clever clues here: 10A (COINCIDE), 24A (ZEBRA), 28A (LIMEKILN) and 11D (IRVING BERLIN), and a couple that seem … Read more >>

One expects a challenge from Monk, but I think this was difficult by anyone’s standards. Round the edge of the grid are THE THE (1980’s pop band) THE BARD (Shakespeare) THE OAKS (a … Read more >>

Occasionally, Neo lets us off the hook, with an easier than usual puzzle.  No complaints, though, and there were clues with excellent surfaces today.  Thanks to Neo.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[The … Read more >>

Another smasher from Alberich       Across 1 MONEY-SPINNER (spider) and plan to make rich (rolling) 10 RETIREE (no longer working) RE (on) TIREE (isle) 11 DIGITAL (clock) GIT (stupid sort) in … Read more >>

A fairly rare Thursday outing for Flimsy, and a solid, well-rounded puzzle. There are some fantastic surfaces and quite a few &lits and quasi-&lits (usually involving a word doing double duty), which always … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/ Sep 17 Although this Crux crossword (which can be found here) was full of very familiar devices and less ‘devious’ than this excellent setter potentially can be, I did have quite some … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 15, 2012 Here is another impressive puzzle from Cincinnus. The number of ingenious clues is amazing with, I think, 26D (CHINA) being the best. I … Read more >>

Another great crossword from Gozo, one of my favourite setters. The theme of this puzzle is setters of the FT crossword.  There are twelve setters explicitly clued, possibly there are some also some more oblique references in … Read more >>

This is the first Sleuth I’m blogging, though I’ve done a couple of his alter ego, Hypnos’s.  Quite straightforward Tuesday FT fare, and enjoyable.  Thank you to Sleuth. Definitions are underlined in the … Read more >>