I enjoyed this pleasant little puzzle from our old pal Orense.
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Financial Times 14,733 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 22 Fine puzzle by Crux with only a couple of sighs in the CD department. Curiously enough, this crossword has exactly the same grid as the one that precedes it (Mudd’s prize puzzle, … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,732 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 20, 2014 As usual Mudd gives us a lot of double definitions in this puzzle including two with cryptic definitions that I rather like. My … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,741 by GOZO
A very nice puzzle from Gozo.
Financial Times 14740 Neo
(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.) It’s been some time since I … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,737 by ALBERICH
Such a wonderful puzzle from Alberich. Pity it wasnt my best day in the sun, especially coming a cropper against the SE corner. Amongst several gems of clues, 26ac was vastly ingenious. Thanks to Gaufrid for sprucing up and providing a backbone to an otherwise ordinary blog. There will be several opportunities to improve upon the parsing below so I hope collectively we are in good shape by the end of the day.
Financial Times no.14,736 by Falcon
A largely unobjectionable offering from Falcon today – and I learned a new word, which is always nice.
Financial Times 14,727 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 15 This is indeed last week’s Prize Crossword but it wasn’t published in the newspaper itself. The FT mistakingly printed off a repeat of IO’s lovingly made tribute to Robin Williams. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,726 by Dogberry
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 13, 2014 The top-left of this puzzle was tricky but on the whole it was a jolly good one with some nifty clues, especially 8a … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,735 by IO
Another themed puzzle from Io, trickier than the one I blogged a couple of weeks ago. There are still some explanations that I am not sure about so any help in getting to the bottom of these would be appreciated.
Financial Times 14,734 by ARMONIE
Nice and easy crossword. Lots of lovely clues with good surface stories throughout. Thanks ARMONIE
Financial Times 14,731 by FLIMSY
An entertaining tussle with Flimsy today, thanks to whom for setting an intuitive and approachable grid. No favorite clue here as there were several smooth surfaces. My LOI was 25ac, not because I solved it last, but because I couldnt do any better than parsing it as cryptic definition for the player part of the clue. Perhaps this could be improved upon.
Financial Times no.14,730 by Gaff
An enjoyable and surprisingly challenging puzzle to mark – of course – today’s referendum on Scottish independence.
Financial Times 14,721 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 8 A Dante crossword without too many difficulties to overcome. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 FRINGE Enclosure surrounded by iron border (6) FE (iron) … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,720 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 6, 2014 This Mudd proved a little more difficult than usual and well up to standard. My favourite clues are 9a (GLOBAL), 15d (FLOAT), 16d … Read more >>