A brisk workout from Crux this Tuesday. A good one for practising your speed techniques.
FT
Financial Times 15,619 by CHALMIE
A witty and absolutely delightful offering from CHALMIE made an otherwise dreary friday light up like an early christmas
Financial Times No 15,618 by ORENSE
With a little help from PeeDee, I have been able to get the blog up at last.
Financial Times 15,618 by Orense
The blogging tool I usually use has some issues this morning, so this is just a marker really to say that I have solved the puzzle, but, as I have to leave for … Read more >>
Financial Times 15,609 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 24, 2017
The kind of accessible crossword that you may expect when seeing the setter’s name (Falcon).
Financial Times 15,608 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 22, 2017
Financial Times 15,617 by JULIUS
Julius is up there at the top of my favourite setters list but unusually this one I found this a bit of a mixed bag.
Financial Times 15,616 by ARMONIE
Apologies for late blog, busy moving house… Fortunately a pretty steady solve today only held up by my own incompetence with 30a.
Financial Times 15,613 by BRADMAN
An easy offering from BRADMAN today, thanks to whom for a brisk workout.
Financial Times 15,612 by SLEUTH
Sleuth provides the FT challenge this Thursday morning.
Financial Times 15,603 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 17, 2017
Quite an ordinary Dante, in my opinion, with an overdose of cryptic definitions.
Financial Times 15,602 by Goliath
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 15, 2017
Financial Times 15,611 by REDSHANK
I find Redshank’s puzzles have an elegance to them. I can’t put my finger on exactly what it is but there is a “just right” feel to them; neither too hard nor easy, neither too clever nor too hackneyed. Whatever it is and however you do it: thank you Redshank.
Financial Times 15,610 by NEO
Not as straightforward as I first thought. Some witty and tricky parses even where the solutions looked like write-ins. Good puzzle. Oh, and I’ve gone back to including a grid until told otherwise. You have been warned.
Financial Times 15,607 / Alberich
My second appearance today due to Turbolegs going AWOL. This one came as a bit of light relief after Enigmatist but it was no less enjoyable for that. My progress was steady throughout, … Read more >>