FT

I found this to be relatively challenging for a Monday, but very witty and great fun to solve! I feel I must be missing something with 4a so please do correct or enlighten … Read more >>

A typical Friday offering from BRADMAN. Thanks Don! FF: 8 DD: 8 ACROSS 7 ROAD SHOW Touring group had so fallen apart in quarrel (4,4)   [ HAD SO ]* in ROW ( … Read more >>

Orense provides this morning's FT puzzle. Although there were some good clues in here (such as 14ac and 22dn), I was ultimately disappointed with this puzzle. I think it could have done with … Read more >>

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 28, 2020 Julius brings us another alphabetic with some typically clever clues, one term that was new to me (KERYGMA), another that I had come … Read more >>

A themed puzzle today, but a topic many will be familiar with. Thank you Gozo. The across solutions are all plants, mostly garden plants. ACROSS 1 CATNIP First of customers returns bottle of … Read more >>

Hamilton at his most generous. Straightforward and entertaining stuff from my sometime Nemesis. Quirky as ever, but no complaints this morning and some moments of real pleasure. Thanks, Hamilton. ACROSS 1, 8 HELL … Read more >>

VELIA kicks off the week… A pretty straightforward solve this morning, 24d providing the only slight quirk. Rather a lot of “sounds like” type clues I thought. Thanks VELIA! ACROSS 1. Footballers’ kit: … Read more >>

An absolute delight of a challenge from WANDERER this Friday, with some refreshingly new devices in play. Thanks WANDERER. FF: 10 DD: 7.  Starting this week, I will also mark my FOI and … Read more >>

My first Leonidas. I have never come across Leonidas before, so didn't know what to expect. After a slow start, I soon got onto his wavelength and really enjoyed the solve. The setter … Read more >>

Non-prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 21, 2020 A somewhat challenging puzzle from Mudd this time.  I worked through most of it with just a little difficulty but got stuck for … Read more >>

A few nicely disguised definitions in here… Thank you Aardvark Looks like a pangram but I haven’t checked. ACROSS 1 MICRONESIA Nomadic Romanies overwhelming outwardly idyllic archipelago (10) anagram (nomadic) of ROMANIES contains … Read more >>

A very satisfying Tuesday puzzle. Mostly straightforward, but with several head-scratching definitions. I had second thoughts about e.g. 25a and 7d, two which I would probably have mis-solved if I hadn't been blogging. … Read more >>

Slormgorm kicks off the week. Overall a very enjoyable puzzle. There were a couple of things that held me up: “open up” as an anagram indicator in 3d just about works in this … Read more >>

A generally good challenge from REDSHANK today, but for a couple of hiccups in the clues. FF: 8 DD: 7 ACROSS 1 GRETA GARBO Boast about visiting great eccentric old star (5,5) [ … Read more >>

Neo is the setter of today's FT puzzle. This was definitely at the less challenging end of the Neo spectrum. The top half went in very quickly, and the bottom half soon followed. … Read more >>