FT

I struggled somewhat with today’s offering from Loroso, though in retrospect I’m not entirely sure why. A testing puzzle, for sure, with plenty of ingenious mechanisms and subtle misdirections, but nothing to grumble … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/May 20 It’s been a while since we had a Crux puzzle on a Monday. I found this once more an enjoyable puzzle (with many fine surfaces) from this setter. However, … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 18, 2013 There were no obscure words or references in this puzzle but I found it a little challenging. It took me a while to … Read more >>

Its Geography lesson again this morning, Gozo continues to educate and entertain us.  Thank you Gozo. Though I found this quick to solve there are still a couple of answers I can’t explain (7 and … Read more >>

A relaxing start to the FT week.  Thanks to Armonie.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle. Please enclose any comments on them … Read more >>

A really tricky puzzle today         Across 1 GINGER beer GIN (drink) GERM (beginning) minus M (maiden) 4 BRACED prepared BRA (support) CE (church) [fun]D 8 HAMMOCK to lie in … Read more >>

A breeze of a puzzle, this one, really, but still, a pleasant diversion on a rather bleak morning in England. One or two clues didn’t quite satisfy, but all-in-all no real grumbles – … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/May 13 An enjoyable Dante puzzle which confirmed his love for cryptic (and double) definitions. About half of the clues fell into that category. And then there was 15ac.  Just two … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 11, 2013 I am including the clues in my blog this week for the first time. And I again welcome comments on whether people appreciate … Read more >>

Difficult, and then some.                    Did I mention this was hard?  Down the left of the grid we have A GAUCHE and down the right A DROITE.  Across the top and bottom of … Read more >>

This looked daunting at first, with only scattered solutions on the first pass.  But it got better as quadrant by quadrant was completed.  After the last Gaff I blogged, where I couldn’t identify … Read more >>

Witty & ingenious         Across 1,5 STEWART GRANGER actor (TARTS GREW)* ANGER (rage) 9 AILED was suffering DELIA< 10 CHINATOWN cultured part of city CHIN (feature) A (article) (WONT)* 11 … Read more >>

An outstanding puzzle today from Alberich, by turns fiendish, witty, inventive and fun. The glut of highbrow allusions – Gerontius? Idomeneo? Borodin? – did make me blanch at first, but once I made … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/May 6 Armonie may not be the hardest of setters, his clues however are consistently concise and elegant. Nice and gentle crossword. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 4, 2013 I found this puzzle both easy and excellent. There are plenty of good clues but my favourite is 30A (ARGYLE). And there is … Read more >>