Never knowingly undersolved
The usual (nowadays) sound and satisfactory crossword from Everyman. Because of the time of year, there is a bit of a fireworks theme and 4dn and 9dn don’t rhyme, as in the past, but are related in their subject matter.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (anagram, homophone, hidden, reversal etc.) in italics. Anagram indicators indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
Some very easy clues in this month’s prize competition, but I have a problem in parsing a couple of others.
Quince fills the Saturday slot this week.
A crossword built around the grotty state of the current political establishment, including a number of Tory names. There may be enough politics – for titillation there are just a few salacious points … Read more >>
Picaroon presents a Prize puzzle for your perspicacious pleasure…
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 4, 2023
Harpo, aka Monk in other places, is usually a name to strike fear in a blogger’s heart, but I found this quite mild, though with a few tricky moments. Thanks to Harpo. The … Read more >>
Phi is in his usual place this week. There were some interesting clues today. I liked the one for SEVEN at 22 across where the definition seemed to be spread … Read more >>
A relatively straightforward challenge from MUDD.
I am passing on the very sad news that our friend Liz Geear (LizzieG here, I think) has died. Her son Jake says: ‘We will be holding a small celebration of mum’s life … Read more >>
Thank you to Kite. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1. House Gale’s men (7) WINDSOR : WIND(a strong example of which is a gale)‘S + OR(abbrev. for “other ranks”, those who … Read more >>
Bluth provides our Thursday challenge.
NOTE: This puzzle was previously published as FT 17,464 and blogged by Teacow, and inadvertently republished and reblogged. See comments below, including one from the FT Crossword Editor.
A solid and seemingly straightforward puzzle today from Pedrock.
Please let me know if I missed anything.
“In this puzzle, solvers play HIDE AND SEEK, whereby the answer to each clue is concealed within it, as is the definition for another answer. The pattern linking definitions and answers is to be discovered. Clues are listed in conventional order, and solvers must add bars so that the completed grid shows 180° rotational symmetry. Chambers Dictionary (2016) is recommended; one answer is a prefix and one proper noun has a two-word definition.”
Yippee, it’s Eccles in the mid-week slot this week.