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Monday Prize Crossword/5 Dec Another fine crossword  by Dante. Across 1 CASHMERE Fabric obtained for ready money only     CASH (ready money) + MERE (only)       5 BYPATH Rarely taken walk … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 3 This proved a tricky puzzle for me and, I suspect, for some others. Two clues stand out and are both absolute gems: 22A (IN … Read more >>

A straightforward and enjoyable crossword with nothing controversial that I can see.  Thank you Dogberry. CLUE OF THE DAY – as an experiment I have included a ‘clue of the day’ poll with todays … Read more >>

It’s back to business for me, with a thank you to Duncan for so ably holding the fort in the last 3 weeks.  A gentle landing for me with today’s puzzle, thanks to Gurney.  Some … Read more >>

“Twelve clues lack a common definition”, said the opening line to the puzzle, but even after I was 50% through I hadn’t figured out what the definition was. Some clues (23a, 26d) did … Read more >>

Christmas has come early at the FT: despite us not yet being into double figures on the advent calendar, Redshank has dished up a spicy pudding of festive allusions. It doesn’t take much … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/28 Nov A Crux crossword that most certainly will not cause a storm of comments here. It’s a nice enough puzzle, but it is like Cincinnus recently said to me:  “You really … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 26 We have another fine Mudd puzzle this week. I especially like 10A (DISPLACE), 29A (TRAIN SET) and 5D (EXIT). Initially I got one clue, … Read more >>

Yet another quality crossword from Cinephile and another pleasure to blog.  I never cease to be amazed how he continues to produce such good crosswords at the rate he does and keeps them … Read more >>

This is the last Financial Times crossword I am scheduled to blog in my short spell as stand-in for scchua who will return to the Tuesday slot next week.  This is the the … Read more >>

A simple and neat, if somewhat bland, fare today. I liked solving this on the whole but missed having some high points to savour. Across 1 AFTER ALL dd 5 UTOPIA hidden in … Read more >>

I really struggled with this, and was prepared to wreak mighty vengeance on Monk in this post – but, on reflection over a cup of coffee, I can see that most of the … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword/21 Nov Back to life, back to reality: a smoothie by Dante. Hardly anything controversial in this crossword. In particular, some nice anagrams with 10ac and 19ac (ROMAN TIMES – MONETARISM … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of November 19 I found the bottom-right quadrant of this puzzle a bit tricky, especially 24A and 15D. My favourite clues are 1A (PIERCE), 17A (CAFE NOIR), … Read more >>

A good puzzle from Gozo and as always an entertaining and educational puzzle to blog. Gozo’s grids are usually themed and this week we have another geography lesson with names of towns and geographical regions.  I had heard … Read more >>