FT

The usual enjoyable mix of clues. Thank you Julius. No jokes in the clues today, but looking at the grid I can guess what Julius wants for dinner. ACROSS 1 CHICKEN Nice dog … Read more >>

Thanks to Falcon.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Enormous deficiency in fossil fuel (8) COLOSSAL : LOSS(that which could lead to a deficiency/a shortage) contained in(in) COAL(fossil fuel of carbonised … Read more >>

Sorry for late post… ACROSS 1 Take a big risk with stage production using flames (4,4,4) PLAY WITH FIRE Double definition 8 Obscure relative has ward but no wife or daughter (7) UNCLEAR … Read more >>

A fab puzzle, and not an easy one. Thank you Gaff. The anniversary in the title is of Alfred Hitchcock’s death. See Stephen’s comment @4 for some pointers. ACROSS 1 SESAME Oil man … Read more >>

A brisk solve, squarely in the FT Tuesday tradition. Chalmie gives us a neatly-themed puzzle this morning. Very satisfying. Thanks to him. ACROSS 1 CRICKET Painfully twist alien insect (7) CRICK (‘painfully twist’) … Read more >>

A gentle ARMONIE eases us into another week of lockdown… Mostly plain sailing* here though 4d was a new one for me. Also, in 15d, I’d never come across “gated” in that sense … Read more >>

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 >>

Super puzzle, I enjoyed this very much. Thank you Gozo. I particularly liked the anagrams in this puzzle, very appropriate for the surface readings. Unusually for Gozo there doesn’t seem to be any … Read more >>

Sorry for late posting – tech probs – but all quite straightforward in the end… A fairly gentle lock-down work-out, all solidly clued with just enough deviousness to keep it satisfying. Thanks to … Read more >>