FT – Page 200 – Fifteensquared

Financial Times 15,652 by ARMONIE

Tue September 12, 2017 at 5:01 am by Grant Baynham

Some friendly bowling from Armonie today.

Financial Times 15,649 by JULIUS

Fri September 8, 2017 at 9:58 am by Turbolegs

A superb challenge from JULIUS , which did much to enliven my day. Several refreshingly innovative clues resulted in many a-ha moments both in solving and parsing. Thanks JULIUS!

Financial Times 15,648 by IO

Thu September 7, 2017 at 12:46 pm by Grant Baynham

A diamond of a puzzle; brilliant, and very hard.

Financial Times 15,639 – Dante

Thu September 7, 2017 at 1:11 amThu September 7, 2017 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Aug 28, 2017

Dante as we know him (and liked by many).

Financial Times 15,638 by Goliath

Thu September 7, 2017 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 26, 2017

Financial Times 15,647 by Aardvark

Wed September 6, 2017 at 12:58 pmWed September 6, 2017 at 9:35 am by PeeDee

The puzzle has not appeared on the FT’s website today. Here is a basic explanation of the solutions. Thank you to Aardvark and to Stephen for posting a scan of the printed version … Read more >>

FINANCIAL TIMES 15,646 by CRUX

Tue September 5, 2017 at 1:48 pm by Grant Baynham

Pretty straightforward, although a couple of sneaky ones in the S.E. corner slowed the old gallop for a bit…

Financial Times 15,643 / Wanderer

Fri September 1, 2017 at 2:14 pmFri September 1, 2017 at 12:34 pm by Gaufrid

I wasn’t anticipating having to blog this one, otherwise I would have made some notes when solving, but it seems that Turbolegs has work commitments that are preventing him from being here. We … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,642 by ORENSE

Thu August 31, 2017 at 1:45 pm by Grant Baynham

My first Thursday, first Orense, and very nice too. Simple but satisfying. Sorry for late blog; the puzzle didn’t come on-line until mid-day for some reason.

Financial Times 15,633 – Falcon

Sat September 2, 2017 at 12:21 amThu August 31, 2017 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Aug 21, 2017

Very nice crossword from Falcon, full of history & culture.

Financial Times 15,632 by Mudd

Thu August 31, 2017 at 11:50 amThu August 31, 2017 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 19, 2017

Financial Times 15,641 by DOGBERRY

Wed August 30, 2017 at 8:30 pmWed August 30, 2017 at 10:50 am by PeeDee

There were a couple of classical references in here that I did not understand. Normally I manage to guess what to do from the rest of the clue but this time I needed Wikipedia to come to my aid. History and Classics are not my strong point but I’m certainly not complaining as one of the things I enjoy about crosswords is learning all that new stuff along the way. Thanks Dogberry.

The PDF version of this puzzle did not display correctly when I opened it on my PC. The numbers in the grid were replaced with a seemingly random selection of symbols found on the top line of a keyboard: &, ( and * for example. There is also a typo in 6 down dipomatically, I don’t know if this is related.

Financial Times 15640 Sleuth

Tue August 29, 2017 at 8:35 am by scchua

Thanks to Sleuth. Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 Close to perfect, fantastically original element in a man’s suit? (9) TAILORING : Last letter of(Close to) “perfect” + anagram of(fantastically) ORIGINAL … Read more >>

Financial Times 15,637 by BRADMAN

Fri August 25, 2017 at 8:56 am by Turbolegs

A mostly straightforward challenge from BRADMAN today. A couple of clues held me a bit but in general, was smooth sailing. Thanks Don.