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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 25, 2014 I found this puzzle easy. My favourite clues are 11a (BUGBEAR) and 18d (ANDORRA). I also note the cleverness of starting two consecutive … Read more >>

(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.)  Today, Gaff has given us a … Read more >>

A timely puzzle from Sayang ushering in the Year of the Horse, its Chinese New Year over this weekend. I thought the grid was quite straightforward and that the setter had decided to … Read more >>

I thought this was a marvellous puzzle from a setter I don’t think I’m familiar with (in this guise at least): witty, inventive, original and challenging. It was such a fun solve I … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 20 If my memory serves me well, I think I found this Dante puzzle slightly harder than average for our beloved setter. I also remember me not immensely enjoying the … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 18, 2014 I found this puzzle tough in parts but good. My top clues are 4D (ACCIDENT), 5D (EXCLAMATION MARK), 23A (AS WELL) and 28A … Read more >>

Thanks Jason, for an enjoyable puzzle.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose any comments on them in double brackets. Thank … Read more >>

The second time I am covering Magwitch and just as pleasurable as the first. Thanks Magwitch for a grid that was just within reach, and not having any alien words. Quite a few … Read more >>

A solid puzzle from Gurney this morning: nothing over-taxing (though I remain a bit nonplussed by 19dn. – help from you wise folk, as ever, much appreciated), something of a surfeit of anagrams, … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 13 A sound and elegant puzzle by Crux.  No controversies today! Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 STRENGTH Final couples in twist are dancing with vigour (8) … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 11, 2014 This puzzle also threw up some challenges for me. I especially had trouble with 4 across and some clues in the center section. … Read more >>

An enjoyable puzzle as always from Neo, to whom thanks.  The min-theme is referenced in 12across, but there may be other (hidden) themes that I can’t spot (there is some poetry, some zoology … Read more >>