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A great example of a none-too-tricky puzzle that was nevertheless great fun to solve. Nothing particularly arcane (although I did learn one new word); just well-crafted, creative wordplay. Thanks Orense. ACROSS 1. POSITS  … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/24 Oct After last week’s Monday Prize Crossword (a smoothie by Armonie, which unfortunately didn’t call for many comments), we return to a familiar area with this Dante puzzle . I found this a … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 22 I dashed off the last Cincinnus puzzle in this slot in 20 minutes. This one I had to work on over the course of … Read more >>

Problems with my car have taken up most of the day, so a late and rushed blog.  I still have two I’m unsure of, any help appreciated. I’m unsure of the answer to … Read more >>

A straightforward Jason, with some clever cryptic definitions and surfaces.  Thanks, Jason.  Definitions are underlined in the clues.  Hidden connection in the picture sets. Across 1 Metal bands stumped by charges (6) STRAPS … Read more >>

This would have been a very quick solve had I not confidently entered ‘track’ at 12ac on my first pass through the clues only to change it to ‘trace’ when I solved 3dn. … Read more >>

An uneventful morning’s work, this one (the sole novelty being that, due to an apparent FT famine in north Leeds, I had to print the puzzle off and, disorientingly, solve it on white … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 17 Time for a change: Armonie taking the Monday spot in the FT. On many occasions ‘over there’ (ie the Guardian blog) posters made clear that Chifonie (Armonie’s alter ego) … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 15 I found this puzzle a bit hard overall and the top-left quadrant especially tricky. My top clues are 10A (NOVELIST) and 8D (BASTINADO), and … Read more >>

A varied crossword from Cinephile with a few liberties thrown in to spark the usual heated debate ( ‘heated debate’ on the FT blog being a post with more than 2 comments). I’m not sure if 4 down … Read more >>

An entertaining puzzle from Gaff.  The theme subject was wide enough, though to be honest, it didn’t enter into my solving of it, as I took 11A literally as it was.  Almost on completion, … Read more >>

I enjoyed the light, elegant touch of Falcon in this offering. Straightforward except the bottom-right for me due to a couple of unfamiliar words, which I’m happy to have learnt. Across 1 WOLVERINE … Read more >>

Is the FT getting harder, or am I getting stupider? That’s a rhetorical question. Took me a while to work through this lovely puzzle from the Don, which touches on ornithology, pharmacology, philosophy … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/Oct 10 A gentle puzzle from Mr Natural.  🙂 Nothing to worry about, just a nice starter of the week. Some familiar words (like CHAIRMAN which was similarly clued in the Guardian … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 8 Here we have another splendid Cincinnus job. For me it was a remarkably easy one — I dashed it off in about 20 minutes. … Read more >>