FT

Smashing puzzle from The Don – 28 across brill         Across 1 ANARCHIC lacking proper rule A R (king) in AN CHIC (elegant) 6 STROBE is flashy ST (saint) ROBE … Read more >>

I enjoyed this offering from Gurney. It seemed very fresh; that might be because I don’t blog Gurney’s puzzles very often, or it might simply be because this was a well-thought-out, witty and … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jul 22 Elegantly written crossword by Crux. Smooth surfaces as ever with a lot of name-dropping this time, mostly (but not all) referring to Americans. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 20, 2013 I rate this a very good puzzle and it took me a good while to complete it. My top clues are 1A (FELT-TIP … Read more >>

Yes, it’s me again. PeeDee has been having internet access problems so I am standing in for him, not that I mind because Monk is one of my favourite setters. Monk invariably has … Read more >>

This was a Dandy of a puzzle, giving a nice enjoyable stretching exercise for the mind.  Thanks to Gaff. As is the norm with Gaff puzzles, this one commemorates an event – the birthday, … Read more >>

A real challenge which includes some clever double definitions         Across 1 CLASS ACT outstanding performer CLASS (form) ACT (play) 5 HOSTEL lodging house HOST (crowd) EL  (the Spanish) 10 … Read more >>

A typically solid and enjoyable puzzle from Orense today. Nothing too problematic, but several stand-out clues and a few novel and ingenious mechanisms – so thank-you, Orense. ACROSS 1. SUPINE  Reversal of US [American] … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jul 15 Gentle start of the FT week, this Dante puzzle. Although over all too soon, still enjoyable enough. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 ASH BIN Refuse-collector maybe … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 13, 2013 I found this puzzle fairly easy and very satisfying. My favourite clue is 23A (DEFINITION) with runners up 28A (RELAY RACE), 29A (BEFUDDLE), … Read more >>

Apologies for the late appearance of this post. PeeDee asked me to cover for him on the 10th and 16th but he should have been back today. Unfortunately I had some problems with my … Read more >>

This was tricky in parts – quite a few red-herrings posing as indicators.  Got it in the end, and thanks to Tuesday regular Armonie.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at … Read more >>

A gentle workout         Across 1 COLOSSAL huge LOSS (defeat) in COAL (fossil fuel) 5 SHARES parts HARE (animal) in SS (ship) 9 RUTHLESS having no pity (HUSTLERS)* 10 BANTAM … Read more >>

It’s the first day of the Lord’s Test, so I was glad this puzzle from Alberich didn’t delay me beyond the start of Test Match Special. A quick-ish solve but a very enjoyable … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jul 8 A pleasant puzzle by Falcon with quite a lot of charades, envelopes and anagram-based clues. There were four clues in which one had to remove the first or last … Read more >>