Monk has defeated me today, there are still three clues that I can’t explain. Any help appreciated.
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Financial Times 14644 Armonie
(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 straightforward, pleasant puzzle from Armonie, … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,641 by BRADMAN
Bradman for me yet again. From next week onwards, I am going to keep a running tally of who I get on Fridays just for kicks – as of now, Bradman is way above the rest!
Decent puzzle this – pleasant cluing and easy to work through most of them. This would be appropriate fare for someone starting out on the FT.
Financial Times no.14,640 by Jason
I struggled a bit with this, never quite feeling that I was on the setter’s wavelength.
Financial Times 14,631 – Dante
Monday Prize Crossword/May 26 You often hear that solvers don’t like Spoonerisms that much but my least favourite device is the Double Definition. In this otherwise typical and enjoyable Dante puzzle there were … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,630 by Mudd
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 24, 2014 This puzzle has one stand-out clue, 29a (LORD OF THE FLIES), and a couple more that I think are very good, 20a (EARTH) … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,639 by Goliath
I have not seen a Goliath puzzle before. From the general feel of the puzzle I’m guessing that Goliath is a new setter rather than an established one setting under a new pseudonym.
Financial Times 14,638 / Phssthpok
A definite mixture today with some very easy clues and some that presented far more of a challenge. In fact one (28ac) has defeated me completely apart from the definition. 23dn didn’t work … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,635 by MUDD
A pleasant serving from Mudd, thanks to whom for setting a grid which escaped qualification as neither a cakewalk nor a mind-bender. I got through the left half of the grid pretty quickly before losing momentum, thanks largely due to the SE corner (which in my opinion, would have been easy for most others).
Financial Times 14,634 / Neo
I didn’t find this quite as much fun as I usually do with a puzzle from Neo but that is probably just down to the rather gloomy and wet morning today. However, it was still an … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,625 – Falcon
Monday Prize Crossword/ May 19 Another Falcon crossword that didn’t disappoint. Nothing too tricky with – not for the first time – some literature thrown in. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,624 by Magwitch
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 17, 2014 Magwitch is new to me and I have no information about this setter but I found his crossword accessible and relatively easy. (I … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,633 by ARTEXLEN
Good fun from Artexlen today. A relatively straightforward puzzle (for Artexlen) but with a sting in it’s tail. Thank you.
Financial Times 14632 Sayang
(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 typical Tuesday puzzle, not difficult … Read more >>
Financial Times 14,629 by Rosa Klebb
Excellent grid from Rosa! I got started with great gusto finishing nearly the entire left half of the grid in quick time, before grinding to a halt. A rough day ahead meant I couldn’t spend anytime on the puzzle until just a short while before this post.