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Pete Maclean's avatarPete Maclean

I am a Brit who resides in Portugal and is retired from the software business. I have been doing the FT Weekend crossword regularly for something like 40 years and do others only rarely. I have been blogging the FT Weekend puzzle here for close to 20 years.

Financial Times 16,514 by Artexlen

Thu July 9, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 27, 2020 Our second weekend puzzle from Artexlen had me working hard for a while.  Guess I need a bit more time to easily tune … Read more >>

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Financial Times 16,508 by Mudd

Thu July 2, 2020 at 1:50 amThu July 2, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 20, 2020 Two weeks ago we had a Mudd that I called atypical. This weekend we have a much more typical one. My favourite clue … Read more >>

Categories FT 8 Comments

Financial Times 16,502 by Alberich

Thu June 25, 2020 at 6:53 pmThu June 25, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 13, 2020 I had a scare when I first went to download this puzzle from the FT’s website.  It informed me that its crosswords were … Read more >>

Categories FT 4 Comments

Financial Times 16,496 by Mudd

Thu June 18, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 6, 2020 This strikes me as an especially good but rather atypical Mudd.  Good especially for its two &Lits, 1ac (PRAISE) and 16dn (VINDALOO).  Atypical … Read more >>

Categories FT 3 Comments

Financial Times 16,490 by Redshank

Thu June 11, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 30, 2020 As usual with Redshank, I found this puzzle to be a modest challenge.  I finished the top half fairly quickly, the lower-left quadrant … Read more >>

Categories FT 6 Comments

Financial Times 16,484 by Mudd

Thu June 4, 2020 at 11:07 pmThu June 4, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 23, 2020

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Financial Times 16,478 by Redshank

Thu May 28, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 16, 2020

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Financial Times 16,472 by Mudd

Thu May 21, 2020 at 1:30 pmThu May 21, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 9, 2020

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Categories FT 5 Comments

Financial Times 16,466 by Artexlen

Fri July 31, 2020 at 2:54 pmThu May 14, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 2, 2020

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Financial Times 16,460 by Mudd

Thu May 7, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 25, 2020

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Financial Times 16,454 by Redshank

Fri May 1, 2020 at 2:51 amThu April 30, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 19, 2020

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Categories FT 6 Comments

Financial Times 16,448 by Julius

Thu April 23, 2020 at 4:03 pmThu April 23, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize, Easter-special puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 11, 2020 I was happy to find another crossword from Julius just two weeks after our last, and a special one at that to … Read more >>

Categories FT 13 Comments

Financial Times 16,443 by Mudd

Thu April 16, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 4, 2020

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Categories FT 3 Comments

Financial Times 16,437 by Julius

Sat April 11, 2020 at 12:14 amThu April 9, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 28,  2020

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Financial Times 16,431 by Mudd

Thu April 2, 2020 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 21, 2020

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