Financial Times 14,949 / Io

Turbolegs struggled with this one (as did I) and, due to family commitments, did not have time to finish the puzzle and then write a blog, so you have me instead. I was … Read more >>

Financial Times 14,939 – Dante

Monday Prize Crossword/May 26, 2015

Dante – so, an easy start of the week?
Usually I would say ‘yes’ but I have to admit that this one was some kind of a minor struggle for me.

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Financial Times 14,943 by GOZO

A fun challenge from Gozo today, thanks to whom for serving up a real 20d ! 🙂 I got to the theme pretty quickly but then got held up by the NE quadrant, which to most others would have been quite workable. Thanks to Gaufrid for the prop up there.

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Financial Times 14,941 by MONK

The grid is a little unusual having eight words with two adjacent unchecked letters.  This made solving the puzzle difficult as even a half-filled grid left long stretches of empty cells.

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Financial Times 14,937 by ALBERICH

A fantastic puzzle from Alberich which I got around to solving only pretty late in the day. But it was well worth the wait, with an eclectic mix of innovative cluing and precise wordplay. Thorough enjoyed this. Had to google to confirm a couple of responses but otherwise all good !!

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