FT

Apologies for the lack of a post. As of now, today’s FT puzzle hasn’t been posted online.  Could I please bother someone to send me a scanned copy at scchua2004@gmail.com  Thank you in advance.   Thanks for … Read more >>

A fair and challenging puzzle – 6a and 8d being trickiest       ACROSS 1 HOT PANTS  HOT powerful P games played (cricket) ANTS workers 6 BOTTOM bed (river, ocean) (MOTTO saw … Read more >>

A new setter for me, I think – and he (if he is a he) gave me a real struggle this morning. A fair fight, mostly, although I felt that there were one … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 12 An enjoyable prize puzzle by Mudd which I didn’t find very hard. If I remember well, I found it even a bit blandish during solving – but that said, … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 10, 2012 There were a few tough clues in this puzzle, such as 9A (APTERYX) and 13D (AUDIOBOOK), but also such gems as 18A (ASSAM), … Read more >>

I got off to a quick start but then found it pretty difficult to finish. I got there in the end (just!). Thank you Monk. There were not many obscure words or meanings, … Read more >>

Thanks Phssthpok for an enjoyable puzzle with some clever disguises.  Definitions are underlined in the clues. Across 1 What yacht salesman does in parade (8) SHOWBOAT :  [SHOW BOAT](what a yacht salesman does … Read more >>

Tough call today with a couple not fully explained as yet especially 7d. 13d is a stretch       ACROSS 1 SHODDY   ODD in SHY shoddy reused yarn 4 MAQUIS French  guerrilla  … Read more >>

Nothing to frighten the horses this morning from Sleuth. One or two elements of the parsing took me a minute to unravel, but I got there in the end. Hats off for 9ac … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 5 A Dante crossword drenched in double definitions, anagrams, etc etc.  All very familiar, but then there was 12ac. I have an idea how it might work, but I do not like … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of March 3, 2012 Cinephile is back with a puzzle that is a little harder than his usual, has a bunch of unconventional clues and has a … Read more >>

It is a good blogging week for me, first I get an alphabetical jigsaw from Araucaria in the Guardian and now a themed puzzle from Gozo. What a treat! All the across solutions … Read more >>

I think Peto is new to the FT.  I was initially anxious, it being somewhat uncharted territory.  However, the puzzle turned out to be quite the usual  FT start to the week, ie. more straightforward than … Read more >>

Straightforward puzzle today     ACROSS 1 CANNES sunny place C cold  ANNE’S girl’s 4 MALDIVES islands M ‘west’ of Marshall A L[over’s] DIVES drops 10 ARGENTINA country anagram of RANGE TIN metal … Read more >>

I don’t know what’s happened to Ringo today but for some reason he has failed to turn up. We were told that this was “a topical puzzle” and indeed that is so since … Read more >>