FT

Work commitments have prevented Ringo from blogging today. I hadn’t intended to solve this puzzle, and certainly hadn’t allowed any time for writing this post, so I have had to limit my input … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Feb 13 The last two Crux crosswords generated a spectacular total of zero comments. That’s perhaps disappointing for me, but even more for the setter who, in my opinion, is one … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 11, 2012 I found this to be a moderately challenging, interestingly offbeat and very clever puzzle by Mudd. There are many clues I think are … Read more >>

No prizes for guessing the subject of the celebration in this puzzle. Happy 80th birthday to Roger Squires, also known in FT circles as Dante. This puzzle contains numerous references to Roger Squires’s … Read more >>

A straightforward, accessible puzzle, I think, thanks to Gurney.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  Picture set at the bottom has an unidentified link with the crossword. Across 1 Calm and able to move … Read more >>

I shall be most interested to see what others make of this puzzle     ACROSS 1 BACKGAMMON BACK approve GAMMON nonsense 7 SCAB scoundrel  C caught in SA + B bishop 9 … Read more >>

It’s a bright, springlike morning, and this – for me, anyway – was a bright, springlike puzzle, dispensed with before the coffee was cold but no less enjoyable for that. The art and … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Feb 6 In my previous blog (on Mudd’s Prize Crossword) I gave my opinion on the use of ‘double definitions’ (not my favourite device, indeed) and see, here is Dante  to … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of February 4, 2012 I found this puzzle fairly easy and enjoyed several rather good clues. My favourites are 12A (PRISON SHIP), 14A (SONGBOOK), 21A (BEAR WITH … Read more >>

I finished this quickly, though at the time if felt quite difficult – ‘easy but hard’ would be my summary.  A very enjoyable solve, thank you Cinephile. The RS of the preamble stands for RED … Read more >>

Tuesday is the start of the week for FT crosswords, and hence usually a warm-up exercise for later in the week.  Thanks Armonie, for this one – some nice surfaces.  Definitions are underlined … Read more >>

An intelligent and varied offering from the Don. Struggled to find the cryptic nature of 16down unless it’s tongue-in-cheek?       ACROSS 1 SALMAGUNDY anagram of SLUDGY A MAN a 17th century … Read more >>

I don’t think I’ve encountered many Aardvarks before in my Thursday slot; in any event, there was nothing here to drive me to echo Edmund Blackadder’s furious  exclamation: “If I ever meet an … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Jan 30 It is not very often that Mudd appears on a Monday, but there he was.  There were several nice clues with matching surfaces (1ac, 15ac, 26ac and 1d, to … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 28, 2012 Here is another impeccable and highly enjoyable puzzle from Cincinnus. My top-ratings go to 25A (FLEECE), 28A (ATHERTON), 7D (STOMA), 16D (KILLER BEE) … Read more >>