FT

For some reason there was no blog for the FT yesterday, so here is my effort… Hold the mouse pointer over any clue number to read the clue. Across 1 EUROSCEPTIC (OCCUPIER SET)* … Read more >>

Quite an easy one today.   Enjoyable, but I would have liked something more to get my teeth into.   Thanks Gozo 😉 Hold the mouse pointer over any clue number to read the clue. … Read more >>

An agreeable start to the day       Across 9 PEN-PUSHER (cog in office) N in PEP (go) USHER (escort) 10 BLAIR (Tony) B (secondary) LAIR (haunt) 11 CHEETAH (fast animal) sounds … Read more >>

So, Hamilton, we meet again… My nemesis from a few weeks ago is on rather more enjoyable form today, not quite having me clicking my heels with joy (it takes more than a … Read more >>

Dante today as is often the case on a Monday, prize puzzle 14027 from 11th June can be found here. As usual it’s a lot of cryptic and double definitions. People generally find … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 9, 2012 There are some typically brilliant Cincinnus clues in this puzzle, notably 29A (HEAVENWARDS) and 4D (BALFOUR), a couple of very devious clues, 1A … Read more >>

I found this difficult.  I got off to a flying start, filling half the grid in no time, but then ground to a complete halt.  After that it was hard going all the way to … Read more >>

Firstly thanks to flashling for standing in for me last week.  This week it’s another Tuesday puzzle by Peto (so far all his/hers have been blogged by yours truly).  Not exactly a pushover, … Read more >>

Straightforward and fair – ? over 26 across       Across 1 STICK INSECTS (bugs) what flypaper does 10 OUTRAGE (offend) OUT (not in) RAGE (anger) 11 RISOTTO (Italian dish) SIR< (teacher … Read more >>

A puzzle of two halves, for me: north side, mostly a breeze; south side, mostly murder. But I got there in the end, and I enjoyed the journey – and I learned a … Read more >>

Sil’s away with no or limited access to the internet, so you’ve got me again – I doubt he’s gone to watch the football somehow, so I return with a Crux crossword, FT Monday crosswords … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 2, 2012 This Mudd presented me with a couple of challenges, especially in the bottom-left quadrant. For example, 24A (AFTERSHAVE) took me a while. My … Read more >>

My apologies for the late posting, by some strange human/computer malfunction that I have still not fathomed I managed to delete the entire blog just before posting and had to start again from … Read more >>

Your regular blogger Scchua is away, so you’ve got me today folks as the occasional stand-in for my first FT blog. Never knowingly done an Armonie before but found this pretty straighforward. I’d not … Read more >>

This certainly gave me the run around – all over the place – very clever       ACROSS 8 CAULKING stuffing (boat) CAUL hood KING royal 9 JAPAN CEDAR tree D moved … Read more >>