Never knowingly undersolved
A pleasing puzzle from Everyman, but one I struggled with a bit, especially in the SE corner, where there was a word I had never heard of. Abbreviations cd cryptic … Read more >>
Other than a numbering malfunction in the online edition once it had finally become available after a couple of days (across clue numbers from 29 needed to be incremented which I spent far … Read more >>
A themed puzzle from Pasquale to mark the 60th anniversary of the death of the person referred to in the preamble.
The preamble to ‘HARD GRAFT’ tells us that a ‘6A by 11D’ (both unclued) will appear in the grid (five words) and explain said ‘graft’. In addition, each clue’s wordplay will lead to … Read more >>
Quixote gave us a bit of run around with this one. A run around of just over 12 furlongs. I hadn’t got any idea what DW might refer to – the first thing … Read more >>
Phi is occupying his customary end-of-week slot today, Friday the Thirteenth – unlucky for some, perhaps? Well, not for me, as it turned out, at least not cruciverbally!. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, … Read more >>
Magwitch gives us a nice entertaining puzzle, peppered with amicable clues mostly and the customary couple of mindbenders that prevents the grid from being a walk in the park. Thanks Magwitch, for a fitting end to what has been generally been a good week for FT solvers. I am sure a couple of parsings could be improved so look forward to inputs from folks out there.
Enjoyable, but tough to get into…
An easyish Thursday morning stroll, this, with just enough in it to kickstart the brain but straightforward enough to get through before the coffee goes cold.
eXternal has given us a very pleasant puzzle today. I knew all but one of the entries. I am sure I have come across HALF-HARDY at some point but … Read more >>
I found this pretty easy for a Paul, getting though most of it very quickly. Unusually I also found quite a few of the clues rather pedestrian, with some giveaway definitions, and generally … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/June 2 One absolute priceless clue (built around Tony Blair, 10ac) made me forget about some weak cryptic definitions in the Down clues in an otherwise very fine crossword. Definitions are … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 31, 2014 This was for me and, I gather, for others a very easy puzzle. Too easy perhaps? I would never deem a puzzle too … Read more >>
Monk has defeated me today, there are still three clues that I can’t explain. Any help appreciated.
He keeps on doing it week after week. At no point in this crossword are there anything but super-smooth surfaces and utterly sound clueing. I once likened Dac to Mozart, which may be … Read more >>