FT

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 8, 2012 I became very stuck in the lower-right quadrant of this puzzle and had to turn to some crossword buddies for help. I had … Read more >>

Neo is new to me. I am standing in for scchua who is away at the moment, so it is nice to get some new setters to blog.  Very enjoyable and mostly steady … Read more >>

Tricky – 23 across still not resolved         Across 9 INSTRUMENTALIST one who plays IN at home STRU[t] swagger MENTALIST mind reader? 10 ALIGN co-ordinate sounds like A LINE (12 … Read more >>

I think this makes it two Cinephiles in three weeks for me – what a treat. I thought this was a delight and at the same time (and at risk of being hit … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Dec 3 When there’s something special going on in the World Of Whatever the FT has its very own cryptic reporter: Gaff.  Unfortunately, the theme of Gaff’s puzzle was given away … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 1, 2012 I found this to be a moderately easy puzzle. My top clues are 14A (DJIBOUTI), 18A (ARES), 22A (FIRM) and the marvelous anagram … Read more >>

This puzzle was very late appearing on the FT website.   If anyone is still awake then here is the blog… Enjoyable with a few inventive constructions that will appear either interesting or a little … Read more >>

Another straightforward puzzle from Jason, but enjoyable nevertheless.  Thanks to Jason.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[The pictures at the bottom have unidentified links to the puzzle.]] Across 1 One in pokey … Read more >>

Straightforward and well defined         Across 1 GRANDMASTER (top chess player) grand (magnificent) master (teacher) 7 ORB (round object) hidden in [convey]OR B[elt] 9 METRO (subway) T (time) in (ROME)* … Read more >>

I won’t say too much about this morning’s offering from Redshank, because a combination of software, hardware and newsagent failings have already made me very late. So I’ll only say that I thought … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Nov 26 Mostly straightforward, but as always with a Dante puzzle there were these final bits that held me up.  I think the end-product is right, but I need some help … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 24, 2012 The last Falcon I blogged was a considerably difficult puzzle. This one I found very easy and I know that some others did … Read more >>

Consistently good and quite hard too, thank you Dogberry. The first solution I entered contained Z and very soon after found X and Y, so I was then led astray by trying to force the … Read more >>

Masterly           Across 1 ARACHNOPHOBE (like Miss Muffet) (CHA CHA OR IN BOP)* 9 ALOOFLY (keeping apart from) LOO (toilet) in A FLY (insect) 10 RAINBOW (array of colours) … Read more >>