FT

Quiet flows the Don – this guy’s waters are deep but fathomable (except 24d)       ACROSS 1 INVESTIGATION probe, one gun I GAT in IN VEST I ON one being worn … Read more >>

This puzzle demands a good knowledge of geography and a smattering of French. I haven’t got either of these things, but I got there in the end. A good puzzle, anyway. People who … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/May 21 By now, readers of my blogs will know that I like Crux crosswords very much. This one was no exception, but for some reason I’m always hoping that Crux … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 19, 2012 Here’s another somewhat tricky puzzle from Mudd. Clue 8A (POOL CUE) took me a while; it’s a difficult one because pool is more … Read more >>

Enjoyable and straightforward with a broad range of devices but nothing too obscure. Hold the mouse pointer over any clue number to read the clue. Across 1 TRIPPY I (one, roman numeral) Popping Pills … Read more >>

In a break from the usual, Mudd, almost always, if not always, an FT Prize puzzle setter, takes the Tuesday spot to bring a message for a worthy cause.  The standard of difficulty … Read more >>

Lucid and far from flimsy fare         ACROSS 1 SECONDHAND dd 7 COKE pop OK certainly in CE church 9 OBOE hidden backwards in sterEO BOoming 10 RETRACTION withdrawal TR … Read more >>

Sorry I’m late; had to do some last-minute work on [PLUG ALERT] my forthcoming book on the history of toilet paper. Reliance on lengthy themed solutions always puts me in rather a bad … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/May 14 It looks like Falcon is going to join Dante and Crux more regularly on the Monday spot. A well-constructed crossword that was very much on the easy side. After … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 12, 2012 Cincinnus gives us another sterling puzzle with especially fine clues at 21A (FORMOSA), 1D (SPILLAGE) and 26D (JILL). I also like the brief … Read more >>

I found this difficult, there is one clue I still have no idea about.  Very enjoyable regardless, solved with much use of the dictionary.  Thank you Monk. Yet again I fail to spot the … Read more >>

An easy going puzzle with some good surfaces from a regular starter for the FT week.  Thanks Jason.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  [[Each picture at the bottom has an unidentified link … Read more >>

Very straightforward with lots of anagrams – couldn’t explain 9 across     ACROSS 1 IN THE FIRST PLACE double definition 9 AS USUAL 10 CURRENT double definition 11 INDIE [w]INDIE[r] 12 TRAGEDIAN … Read more >>

This was absolute murder for me. For some reason – more to do with my weak brain than with the puzzle, I think – the whole east wing of this grid was a … Read more >>