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Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 18, 2012 I found this to be another excellent Cincinnus with a few great clues and some nice challenges. My favourites are 29A (HARDY ANNUAL), … Read more >>

I am always pleased to get Monk to blog, this one a little easier than some of his recent Wednesday offereings but still no pushover.  Clever clues as always, thank you Monk. I am clearly … Read more >>

Another nice one from Tuesday regular Peto.  Not too difficult, and enjoyable.  Thanks Peto.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[The pictures at the bottom of the blog have got unidentified links to … Read more >>

A mixed bag from Sleuth today: a handful of gems, some fantastic surfaces, and one or two stinkers. Still, variety is the spice of life and all that, so no complaints here. ACROSS … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/13 Aug Friendly crossword (which you may find here) in the well-known Dante style. Some really nice touches today, but also The Chestnut of all Chestnuts (15d). Definitions are underlined wherever possible … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 11, 2012 I found this to be an exceptionally good and enjoyable Cinephile. The clues I especially like are 7A (TAPE), 11A (PRIEST), 14D (DOWNGRADE) … Read more >>

Apologies for the very much later than usual posting.  The gremlin struck the FT crossword site again, and yesterday’s puzzle wasn’t available until this morning.  This is like reporting yesterday’s news, so this is … Read more >>

Very enjoyable, thank you Gozo.     All the across solutions are pieces of classical music, I had some fun looking them up in Wikipedia and Youtube.  Most were familiar, some were new … Read more >>

I’m afraid the puzzle hasn’t been posted on the FT site, and therefore I’ll only be able to blog it later than usual, perhaps even tomorrow, if it doesn’t appear today.  It would … Read more >>

Clever stuff today from Jason       Across 1 BRIGHT (vivacious) B[londe] RIGHT (Conservative) 4 SWEEPING (wide-ranging) WEEP (to pipe) in SING (to grass) 9 ASSIGN (give out) A S (small) SIGN … Read more >>

There was a pleasingly old-fashioned feel to this puzzle, I felt; plenty of double definitions, which seem to have dwindled in popularity since I was a lad. Very nice clueing throughout – thank-you, … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Aug 6 When there’s something special going on in the world around us, the FT has its very own crossword specialist to present us a reminder: Gaff .  So, what happened … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 4, 2012 I found this to be a very strong and satisfying puzzle from Mudd. I especially applaud 13A (THAW), 17A (FOIE GRAS), 15D (TANGERINE) … Read more >>

An enjoyable cruise from Aardvark.  I’m glad this was not too difficult as I had forgotten today is Wednesday and got off to a very late start with my blog. I’m not completely sure on 6dn … Read more >>