FT

Some brilliant misdirections         Across 1 COMPLIES agrees 6 CUTTER sail and boat 9 STALLS creates delays ST (road) ALL (completely) S[mash] 10 OXBRIDGE privileged education UXBRIDGE (Hillingdon) O for … Read more >>

A mournful morning here at Ringo Towers, despite the sunshine, so all I’ll say is that this was a very nice puzzle: not too tough, and no quibbles from me. Thanks, Gurney. ACROSS … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 7 Rather typical Dante puzzle (to be found at the FT website) but I need help on two clues: 8ac and 6d. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 5, 2013 This is probably only the second or third Dogberry I have done. I got through it fairly easily except for 4A (although in … Read more >>

PeeDee is away on holiday so I get another opportunity to return to what used to be my customary Wednesday FT slot. I found parts of this one rather tricky, not helped by … Read more >>

(Apologies for being later than usual with this blog – partly because the online version of the puzzle came much later than usual, thus conflicting with the other to-dos I had today, and … Read more >>

Not an easy solve – most satisfying         Across 1 WELL-WISHER dd 6 DATA stuff in computer A TAD< (a bit back) 9 OOPS-A-DAISY sorry OO (love x 2) PS … Read more >>

A splendid puzzle, this, from Gozo, with a decidedly bookish flavour (a theme which was right up my street, but may have left others tearing their hair). Technically, not a difficult solve, but … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 30 An overall enjoyable offering from Crux which may be found here. That said, as so often with Crux,  I wasn’t very keen on the cryptic definitions while there were altogether … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 28, 2013 This puzzle has a few clues that I found challenging: 7D (TUTTI), 9A (PRUNE) and 24A (OARSMEN). My top clues are 1D (HOPELESS), … Read more >>

I found this a very tricky puzzle, one answer I still can’t fathom.  Thanks Monk for keeping the grey cells active. Across 1 TRAPPIST Brother’s reportedly drunk on gin (8) PIST sounds like … Read more >>

This was tricky in some places, I found, specifically the NW corner.  There were some unfamiliar (to me) synonyms, and familiar indicators not used as such, to misdirect.  Thanks to Armonie.  Definitions are underlined in … Read more >>

Can anyone help explain 19 across?         Across 1,4 BEHIND THE TIMES dd (square) (NI publish The Times) 9 YONKS long time YANKS (Americans) with A swapped for O (oxygen … Read more >>

A very gentle (though mildly Shakespeare-flavoured) offering this morning from Falcon, which is just fine by this blogger, as no-one, least of all me, needs to have their brain over-taxed before breakfast on … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 23 I did not find this the easiest of Dante puzzles (one that can be found here) because of all these cryptic and double definitions – which were at times … Read more >>