FT

Plenty to chew on here – not managed to explain all …         Across 1 SEAFARER one attracted by waves – sounds like SEE FAIRER spot finer 6 MENACE peril … Read more >>

Ringo is away enjoying a holiday (at least I hope he is enjoying it) so I’m afraid you will have to put up with me today. A straightforward puzzle with nothing contentious though … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 26 Look at that – a Dante crossword with only one cryptic definition! That clue, at 23ac and my last one in, was situated in the SW of the grid … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 24, 2013 I found this puzzle a doddle except for some bits of the top-left quadrant. Clues 2, 3 and 9 all took me a … Read more >>

I don’t think I have blogged Wanderer before.  I thought this was a super puzzle with too many good clues to pick a clear favourite.  Thank you Wanderer. My only complaint (niggle really) … Read more >>

An enjoyable challenge         Across 1 STEADIED made stable (I SEDATED)* 6 SCREAM funny man S (old shilling) CREAM (very best) 9 DIRECT order (CREDIT)* 10 FANCY MAN lover FANCY … Read more >>

Straightforward puzzle today         Across 1 AFTERWARDS following [cr]E[ek] in (RAFT)* WARDS (found in hospital) 7 SOHO London area SO (very) HOT (violent) minus last letter 9 FREE without payment … Read more >>

I found this a little bit trickier than the usual FT Thursday offering, but it was clever, original and in the end very enjoyable. For a while I thouht there might be something … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 19 Once more an Armonie puzzle in his eminently recognisable style. Mostly very easy, using mainly ‘standard’ devices (no CDs though) – no sneakiness but throughout elegantly clued. Armonie’s alter ego … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 17, 2013 I enjoyed this puzzle very much although I was stumped for a long time on 23A (PUNCHEONS). My top-rated clues are 16A (ENDGAME), … Read more >>

An anniversary puzzle from Gaff. The problem with this sort of puzzle is that though the theme is topical and the result elegant half the grid is a write-in.  I did enjoy this, … Read more >>

Some ingenious clues here         Across 1 STRAIGHT MAN feed STRAIGHT (regular) MAN (soldier) 7 MAP plan A in MP (politician) 9 KNIGHT chessman – sounds like NIGHT (dark) 10 … Read more >>

I’m not used to being presented with unusual challenges by Thursday’s FT, but this nicely-worked puzzle from Gozo proved to be just that. All of the Across clues in the grid are foreign … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 12 A typical Dante crossword that was, of course, no match for the two FT puzzles that followed (Redshank, Loroso) as far as difficulty is concerned. Yet, it took me … Read more >>