Sorry for the late post everyone, I completely forgot it was my turn. Good puzzle from Wanderer, fortunately not too tricky today!
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Financial Times 14,728 by SAYANG
Nothing hard here.
Financial Times 14,725 by BRADMAN
A gentle offering this from Bradman – my best friend on a Friday. Relatively straightforward with very little left to chance. I needed help parsing 16ac and 18 ac but other that everything else went in pretty quickly. Thanks Bradman, for an apt conclusion to this week of relatively easy FT grids.
Financial Times no.14,724 by Falcon
A doddle, this, from Falcon.
Financial Times 14,715 – Crux
Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 1 Enjoyable exercise by Monday regular Crux. Good spread of devices although my least favourite device, the double definition, was once more very prominent with no less than 7 entries. The … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,714 by Magwitch
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 30, 2014 This Magwitch puzzle proved a good and satisfying challenge. I am becoming familiar with this setter’s style of wordplay and enjoying her puzzles … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,723 by IO
Quite a puzzle from Io.
Financial Times 14,722 by PABUS
A warm welcome to PABUS is in order from what I can see. Apologies if this is not true.
Financial Times 14,719 by REDSHANK
This was a puzzle in 3 parts. The 1st part was solving the clues that seemed ready for parsing. The 2nd was correcting for the wrong numbering in the second half of both the across and down clues. This had to be done after removing 2 black squares which shouldn’t have been, along 2dn and 7dn. The 3rd part was trying to put 1 and 2 together. Barring these minor inconveniences, I really had a fun time attacking this grid, so thanks to Redshank (yet again!) for making this a meaty challenge.
Financial Times no.14,718 by Artexlen
A smart, moderately challenging puzzle, this. Good fun.
Financial Times 14,709 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 25 Solving the Observer’s Everyman is my favourite way to start the day on a Sunday morning, so no complaints from the Dutch jury to assess another sound puzzle by the setter’s alter ego Falcon. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,708 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 23, 2014 Another fine Mudd puzzle — thank you Mr. Halpern. My favourite clues in it are 13a (ANTIFREEZE), 3d (LOGO) and 19d (LACROSSE). All … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,717 by MONK
Yet another varied and enjoyable crossword from Monk. This was a reasonaly accessiible puzzle by Monk standards (ie merely hard).
Financial Times 14,716 / Dante
Well, I hardly expected to see Dante on a Tuesday and wondered if I had got my days mixed up. However, it couldn’t be Monday because it wasn’t a prize puzzle. A very … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,713 by PETO
What an interesting challenge from a setter I havent had the pleasure of blogging before! Thanks Peto for a terrific and refreshing challenge. Some of the parsings took longer than the time it took to solve the clue based on cross-refs. I was left, at my wit’s end on 26 ac which I couldnt quite figure out.