FT

Across 1 NESTLE –  two definitions – the accent mark on the final e in the first definition is ignored 8 PATRIOT – A trip*, to* – charade with two anagrams 11 LAWN TENNIS – lawn, … Read more >>

Here is one of those characteristic Cinephile themed puzzles, this one with a fairly easy theme to spot — chickens. Across 1. CAPONE – CAPON (bird) + E (energy) 4. ASSAILED – ASS … Read more >>

Not a difficult puzzle. Some familiar clues (14ac, 19ac, 21dn) provide the starters. First I finished the lower half;  in the top half, the left quadrant was the last to be completed. Across … Read more >>

An excellent puzzle, with great manipulation of letters in anagrams in many cases to give &lit clues where the whole clue, as well as providing the wordplay, also gives the definition of the … Read more >>

An easier-than-usual Mudd this week. Across 1. SHELLAC – HELL (very hot) in SAC (bag) 5. MINARET – ERA (time) reversed in MINT (perfect) 9. GRUFF – [ribbin]G + RUFF (frill) 10. REPUGNANT … Read more >>

Across 1 SECOND THOUGHTS: SECOND (back) THOUGHTS (ideas) 9 ERSATZ: anagram of RATES + Z (last letter) 10 BANDSMAN: &Lit 13 ARCANE: CAN in anagram of ERA 15 SHED: double definition 16 CROUTON: … Read more >>

Across 1 CONSCRIPTS: CON (study) + SCRIPTS 7 SEAN: SEdAN being heartless 10 DOLLS HOUSE: anagram of HULL DOES SO 11 CARPAL: CARP + ALl (almost all) 12 TWITCHER: WITCH in TER 13 … Read more >>

Another beauty from Cincinnus. Don’t you love 27A? Also great are 12A and 26D. Across 1. ABOVE SUSPICION – anagram of OBVIOUS IN SPACE 10. ALGOL – hidden word 11. NARRATION – ARR … Read more >>

I do not recall coming across Falcon before and am almost sure I have not done a Weekend FT puzzle by this compiler. I found this particular one very easy which is a … Read more >>

Across 1 POTATO: PO + TAT + O 4 TAKES OFF: double definition 9 ELATED: ALE (reversed) + TED 10 COMPOSED: double definition 12 CRUSADER: CRU + anagram of READS 14 NEATER: N … Read more >>

Across 1 GAINSBOROUGH: the town profits; the borough gains 8 IBERIAN:(l)IBERIAN, African country without left (l) 9 BEARS UP: E in BAR + SUP 11 DONNISH: IN NOD (reversed) + SH 13 NADAL: … Read more >>

Across 10 REFRAIN: double definition 11 X RAYING:X + RAY + IN + G 12 SCENE:sounds like ‘seen’ 13 USUALNESS: anagram of UNLESS USA 14 BOTTLE OPENER: &Lit 18 ELECTRIFYING: ELECT + anagram … Read more >>

A fine, fairly easy (for me) puzzle. I especially liked 1D, 8D and 16D. Across 1. BRASSICAS – BRASS (money) + I (I) + CAS[t] (almost throw away) 6. PESOS – PE (exercises) … Read more >>

Across 5 BASSOON: BAS(s) and SOON 9 EXTRA: EX and ART reversed 10 GOLDCREST: G and OLD and C and REST 11 ARISTOTLE: anagram of TRIES A LOT 13 EXTOL: in sussEX TOLkien … Read more >>

A fairly routine puzzle from Mudd here. I completed it fairly quickly because I found the clues for the three long answers easy. Still, 11A and 5D took some puzzling over. Across 9. … Read more >>