FT

A bright and breezy puzzle for a bright and breezy morning. Nothing too fiendish: a bucketload of anagrams, plus one outstanding cryptic definition. ACROSS 1. FISH AND CHIPS  Anagram of F(ine) spinach dish … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword from the FT of Monday May 9 Typically clever stuff from Crux.  However, I’m not sure I have all of the wordplay in 16 down. Across 1 BUCHAREST *(A BUTCHER’S) 6 … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 7 Here’s a typically strong puzzle from Mudd with a good variety of clues. My faves are 27A (KRAKATOA), 3D (HEADSTONE) and 22D (LATER). Across … Read more >>

An enjoyable crossword from Aardvark today, just a nice level of difficulty for a midweek solve and blog. I can’t get a cast iron explanation for 20dn, can anyone do better? Hold mouse … Read more >>

My first FT blog was a PHSSTHPOK, so I’ve come full circle.  But this was slightly more difficult than the first.  But got there in the end, after correcting a spelling error in … Read more >>

A puzzle with many laugh-out-loud moments and not much struggle except with 20D and 22D. 14A, 4D, 7D and 19D were supremely funny. I had a great time solving this. Across 1 ROSE … Read more >>

More of a stroll through the woods than a machete-wielding jungle expedition.  But at least we took the scenic route, and it was fun while it lasted. Across 1 EASY MEAT – (May tease)*. … Read more >>

FT Monday Prize Crossword from 2 May 2011 A fairly typical Dante, althoughto me the cd’s were not as clever and surprising as they often are. Across 1 TORE DOWN *(DON WROTE) 5 … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 30 Here we have another satisfying, rather easy puzzle from Cincinnus. My clues of the week are 23A (DISROBE), 3D (MANHATTAN) and 22D (NODDY). Across … Read more >>

A difficult crossword today I thought, but got there in the end.  All the clues were fair though, so no excuses on that front. There were a lot of clues with first/last letter devices … Read more >>

Sorry if this looks ragged.  My original bells and whistles one disappeared when I hit the Publish button, and I’m now late for dinner.  Normal service will resume next week. This was enjoyably … Read more >>

A very nice puzzle today, smart clues and not too tough except for a brief struggle with the NE part of the grid. My favourites of the day: 9A, 7D, 20D Across 1 … Read more >>

“A game of two halves” best describes my experience today.  Solved in a generally east-west direction, with the right-hand side providing early target practice while the left-hand side had me resorting more to … Read more >>

FT Monday Prize Crossword of 25 April 2011 Pretty straightforward, but the clues were concise and pleasing.  13 down was a new word for me, which I had to guess at by playing … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 23 The top-left quadrant of this puzzle stumped me for a while. I got 15A promptly but the rest was tough, especially as I was … Read more >>