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Financial Times 15000 Gozo

Tue August 4, 2015 at 11:02 amTue August 4, 2015 at 6:32 am by scchua

(Please click here for this same blog but with a picture quiz added. Please do NOT post hereinbelow any comment relating to the picture quiz. Thank you.) A sort of anniversary for the … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,997 by GAFF

Fri July 31, 2015 at 4:11 pmFri July 31, 2015 at 1:34 pm by Turbolegs

A really tricky one from Gaff that had me go from making steady progress to grinding to a halt five clues away from a complete solve. I tried to search for a Nina somewhere as is common with Gaff’s puzzles but without much success. All in all , a good work out – and a well-deserved thanks to Gaff for stretching me out today.

Financial Times 14,996 by REDSHANK

Thu July 30, 2015 at 7:59 am by David and Linda

A straightforward, but clever and elegant crossword. Thanks, Redshank.

Financial Times 14,987 – Dante

Thu October 29, 2015 at 5:38 pmThu July 30, 2015 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 20, 2015

Dante as Dante can be. Meaning: mostly easy but then he’ll have you to start thinking about how to fully complete the puzzle.

Financial Times 14,986 by Dogberry

Thu July 30, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 18, 2015

Financial Times 14,995 by MONK

Wed July 29, 2015 at 12:28 pm by PeeDee

I started off quite easily in the top-left, which made me double check that it was actually by Monk. Things soon got back to normal and there followed a satisfying struggle to finish. My apologies for the late posting, the morning has been an endless sequence of interruptions. There is certainly a Nina in here somewhere, I will start hunting for it now and update the post when I find it. Thank you Monk, excellent as always.

Financial Times 14,994 by ARMONIE

Tue July 28, 2015 at 6:24 pm by Turbolegs

Many thanks Turbolegs for stepping into the breach – Gaufrid

Financial Times 14,994 / Armonie

Tue July 28, 2015 at 6:27 pmTue July 28, 2015 at 5:14 pm by Gaufrid

It would appear that the scheduled blogger has been unable to be with us today. I will try to get a quick analysis of the clues posted early this evening (when I’ve solve … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,991 by BRADMAN

Fri July 24, 2015 at 1:57 am by Turbolegs

A familiar face this Friday with the return of the Don. Genial puzzle, with only a couple of clues that bothered me due to the fact that I didnt know these words existed. Typical smooth straightforward cluing for most part. Thanks Bradman, for stress-free passage today.

Financial Times 14,990 by IO

Thu July 23, 2015 at 9:04 am by David and Linda

We were awaiting an Io puzzle with some trepidation, as we’d been told that they could be very challenging. As there is no facility to cheat or check one’s guesses and reverse-engineer the solutions on the FT, there’s no safety net for the blogger. We found this a challenge in parts, but mainly because of what we see as vagueness of some of the clues and obscureness of some of the answers. On the other hand, there were some really clever clues to compensate.

Financial Times 14,981 – Crux

Thu October 29, 2015 at 5:39 pmThu July 23, 2015 at 12:05 am by Sil

Monday Prize Crossword / Jul 13, 2015

Another enjoyable exercise by Crux, complete with some cross-references (which he does more often nowadays).

Financial Times 14,980 by Mudd

Thu July 23, 2015 at 11:56 amThu July 23, 2015 at 12:01 am by Pete Maclean

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 11, 2015.

My clue of the week has to be 16d, “Raw fish”, (BLEAK) in spite of its use of a rather obscure meaning of the word (the name of a small freshwater fish). I also especially like 27d (BALI).

Financial Times 14,989 by PETO

Wed July 22, 2015 at 1:08 pm by PeeDee

First time I have tried a Peto puzzle. Very smooth with good surface readings is what I thought. Thank you Peto.

Financial Times 14,988 by SAYANG

Tue July 21, 2015 at 10:48 am by loonapick

A very easy mixed bag

Financial Times 14,985 by CHALMIE

Fri July 17, 2015 at 2:31 pm by Turbolegs

Nearly forgot to get the blog out as today is a holiday in Singapore and I was going about my day in Saturday mode before it struck me late evening that I am not a time traveler. I really wish I had taken this on, on time so that I could have done justice to Chalmie. In my unnecessary haste to solve this quickly and put it up, I had to use google sooner than I would have liked to for some of the answers. I do think that this puzzle from Chalmie only goes to reinforce the opinion that he is one setter guaranteed to serve up a stunner of a crossword. Thanks a ton to him.