Never knowingly undersolved
A themed puzzle, quite taxing to finish. Thank you Gozo. The theme is rivers. I made life hard for myself by misunderstanding the instructions. I was looking for 3 down clues that were … Read more >>
Straightforward on the whole, but with enough wiliness to keep complacency at bay.
A gentle start to the week from VELIA… A very pleasant solve. Lot’s of great clues. Hokuto apples were new to me. My parsing of 28a is perhaps a bit dodgy. Thanks VELIA! … Read more >>
A tough challenge from WANDERER today. I needed Geoff’s help to complete the blog.
Neo steps up to the setters’ plate this morning.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 29, 2020 For Leap Day, we get a special puzzle from Gozo. It must have taken him some struggle to fit this together and have … Read more >>
A great puzzle! Not hard by Io’s standards, but that certainly doesn’t make a puzzle easy… Thank you Io. There are various references to tea and tea making in here, but I don’t … Read more >>
Thanks Moo for the (debut?) puzzle. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Woman in Congress almost completely mad (6) BONKER : “bonkers”(completely mad/insane) minus its last letter(almost …). Defn: Woman (or … Read more >>
Enjoyable puzzle this morning.
It would appear that Turbolegs is not going to be with us today so here is a quick analysis of the clues. . . Across 1 Hostile European male in charge of a … Read more >>
Today’s FT puzzle is brought to us courtesy of Jason.
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 22, 2020
I hope Julius will forgive me for saying this, but what a lot of rubbish! Thank you Julius. ACROSS 1 LITTER BAGS Spooner’s resentful convicts found down in the dumps (6,4) Spoonersim of … Read more >>
Recommended, even if you don’t usually do the Tuesday FT.
A satisfying challenge from ZAMORCA this morning… And, if I'm not much mistaken, a pangram to boot! All good stuff, though I think my parsing of 14d and 27a is a bit dodgy. … Read more >>