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Brilliant puzzle today with 8, 21 so cleverly misleading           Across 1 BARGAINING CHIP trading asset BAR (counter) GAINING (winning) CHIP (counter) 10 NICHE corner H (hotel) in NICE … Read more >>

Yes, it’s me again, this time due to Ringo’s work commitments today. A very straightforward puzzle which would be ideally suited to novice solvers (though they might need to learn a couple of … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 4 I didn’t find this Dante crossword easy at all.  The left hand side was OK but the rest was much harder. For me, this was Dante-one-level-up. I particularly liked … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 2, 2013 I found most of this puzzle easy going but was stumped for a while by 19 and 26. I think there are four … Read more >>

Following the relatively accessible offering from Io last time he appeared on a Wednesday Io has come back with a real stinker – top stuff!  Thank you Io for a great mental workout. … Read more >>

Nothing much to frighten the horses today, with some easy entry clues and not much difficulty thereafter, though I do have a slight quibble regarding 1,18. . Across 1 “Stone walls do not … Read more >>

Straightforward and enjoyable         Across 1 WITHDRAWAL leaving WITH (as a result) D (daughter) RAW (rough) AL (boy) 7 PIPE means of conveying PIP (signal) E (electronic) 9 SPAM junk … Read more >>

The fates – or anyway the FT – smiled on me today: I was late getting started, but the crossword was a breeze. I think this was my first encounter with Sayang, and … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 28 Enjoyable crossword from Crux who gives us a great range of surfaces, from semi-nudity and ‘topless’ (twice) to nursery rhymes (also twice). Crux seems to have developed a love … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 26, 2013 A fairly easy puzzle this time, I thought. My top clues are 9A (SHOWROOM), 10A (ANKARA) and, best of all, 29A (ANCESTRY). 22D … Read more >>

Another Wednesday treat for me to blog – witty, informative and good fun.  Thank you Cinephile. S has the meaning SWEET throughout the puzzle.  It took me a while to catch on (via … Read more >>

Is it me or are Tuesday FTs no longer a relaxing start to the week?  But this was enjoyable, and there are some nice surfaces in the clues here, and some anagrams that provided … Read more >>

Pretty tricky in places particularly 15down and welcome comments on 24across         Across 1 OUTBREAK rash OUT (at a loss) BREAK sounds like BRAKE (stop) 5 FLAWED imperfect LAW (legislation) … Read more >>

A minor masterpiece, this, from Gaff. I had a bit of a struggle with the NW corner, but in the end this was a fun and satisfying solve. Thank-you, Gaff. The T that has … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 21 Some solvers complain about Dante using too many cryptic and double definitions, but here we have no less than 14 straightforward charades (A+B(+C)) – outnumbering the CDs, DDs and full anagrams … Read more >>