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Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 25 Falcon’s puzzles are never to be found at the hard end of the FT spectrum but this one was, in my opinion, much easier than usual.  However, no complaints about the … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 18 I am one of those solvers who find it harder to complete a Dante/Rufus than a Loroso or an Alberich (to name two highly regarded FT setters at the … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 11 Just like last week for me a puzzle with two halves. The left hand side went in rather smoothly and had a Dante feel to it, the other half … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 4 I didn’t find this Dante crossword easy at all.  The left hand side was OK but the rest was much harder. For me, this was Dante-one-level-up. I particularly liked … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 28 Enjoyable crossword from Crux who gives us a great range of surfaces, from semi-nudity and ‘topless’ (twice) to nursery rhymes (also twice). Crux seems to have developed a love … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 21 Some solvers complain about Dante using too many cryptic and double definitions, but here we have no less than 14 straightforward charades (A+B(+C)) – outnumbering the CDs, DDs and full anagrams … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 14 Enjoyable crossword by Crux who, for me, is in the same league as Falcon/Everyman. That said, while I particularly like Crux’s surfaces I must also admit that Falcon is … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 7 Rather typical Dante puzzle (to be found at the FT website) but I need help on two clues: 8ac and 6d. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 30 An overall enjoyable offering from Crux which may be found here. That said, as so often with Crux,  I wasn’t very keen on the cryptic definitions while there were altogether … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 23 I did not find this the easiest of Dante puzzles (one that can be found here) because of all these cryptic and double definitions – which were at times … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 16 As one may expect from Falcon, an “ultrasound” crossword which can be found here . Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 PILEDRIVER Forceful shot earns fortune at golf club … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 9 Another fairly typical (and enjoyable) crossword from the Shropshire Lad  – did I say Lad? 🙂  One can find it here. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate.   … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 2 Pleasant start of the FT week, this Crux crossword. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 GUNSMITH              The Colt’s legend as told by its creator? (8)   … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 26 Look at that – a Dante crossword with only one cryptic definition! That clue, at 23ac and my last one in, was situated in the SW of the grid … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 19 Once more an Armonie puzzle in his eminently recognisable style. Mostly very easy, using mainly ‘standard’ devices (no CDs though) – no sneakiness but throughout elegantly clued. Armonie’s alter ego … Read more >>