An easy (mostly!) offering from Orense, thanks to whom for bringing the work week to a gentle close for FT solvers. Smooth cluing with just that little bit of annoyingly frustrating clues that kept me away from a speeder finish.
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Financial Times 15111 by CINCINNUS
A rarely seen setter on a Friday, Cincinnus gives us a straightforward challenge with just a touch of some unusual words to keep things interesting. Clean, unambiguous cluing meant that the parsing was a breeze. 14ac and 30ac were new words for me, both of which were “getable” from the clue.
Financial Times 15105 by GOLIATH
I loved this puzzle from Goliath. My past attempts at solving his grids hadnt been encouraging so it was with some dread that I got to this one. I got to the theme pretty quickly and then it was smooth sailing from there on. Had to look up an alternative meaning for one of the clues (…) . All in all, a fine treat from a fine setter.
Financial Times 15,099 by BRADMAN
A tough challenge from Bradman today meant that I couldnt solve this entirely on my own! Thanks to the Don for keeping me at my wits’ end.
Financial Times 15093 by WANDERER
A superb brain twister from WANDERER – thanks to whom for a magnificent crossword that I initially felt I had no hope of solving fully. Very inventive cluing and cross references between clues. Too many good clues to pick a favorite from.
Financial Times 15087 by FALCON
A neat pleasant challenge from Falcon today. Generally easy with a dash of inventive cluing that kept me away from a complete solve just a tad longer. I did learn a couple of new meanings to words that I already did know. Thanks Falcon, for a good workout today.
Financial Times 15081 by BRADMAN
Apologies for the brevity. Rushed for time. Thanks Bradman for a pleasant challenge.
Financial Times 15075 by PETO
An absolute treat from Peto, thanks to whom, for a challenge that had me tied up in all sorts of knots. There are times when a solver / blogger feels privileged/fortunate to have drawn an ace puzzle from an ace setter – this is one such time.
Financial Times 15069 by WANDERER
Another terrific challenge from Wanderer, thanks to whom, for a pleasurable and delightfully interesting joust. Fantastically cryptic clues liberally sprinkled with a touch of commonplace door-openers as well.
Financial Times 15063 by BRADMAN
An intriguing challenge from Bradman, thanks to whom for a busy Friday morning. I got through the right half of the grid pretty quickly but then had to plod through the remainder. 13ac I believe has a typo in the solution and a couple of other clues could have been ‘stronger’ in my opinion. Overall, a satisfactory start to Friday crossword solving!
Financial Times 15,057 by PETO
Greetings from the San Francisco Airport. A relatively straightforward challenge from Peto with a workable-mix of uncommon parsings that kept the interest well alive. Had to confirm the deconstruction for a couple of solutions on google but otherwise a pleasant warm-up kind of puzzle.
Financial Times 15,051 by BRADMAN
It felt like Bradman has been possessed by Io. This has got to be the toughest Bradman challenge I have had to deal with yet. Cant say I enjoyed it much, especially since I had to use external help that I keenly loathe. Nevertheless, I do hope other solvers did good justice and had a better time than I did in cracking this.
Financial Times 15,045 by FALCON
An easy pleasant challenge from Falcon. Recommended for beginners on the FT grids. Straightforward with a dash of inventive cluing. Thanks Falcon.
Financial Times 15,039 by GAFF
A good fun Gaffle this Friday. Thanks to Gaff for yet another twisted challenge, albeit on the easier side relative to some of his earlier work that I have encountered. Quite a few subtraction anagrams in this one. Progress was slow and steady with the SW corner holding me up in the homestretch. Parsing for 15ac continues to elude me.
Financial Times 15,033 by HAMILTON
Been a while since I saw Hamilton on a Friday. Today’s FT challenge was meaty, refreshing and in parts, fiendish. I had to refer to googling to confirm a couple of my solutions, and still have one clue whose complete parsing eludes me. In all, a very welcome challenge so thanks to Hamilton.