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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 >>

A bit of a mixed bag today I thought, some good clues and some that were not so good.  I wondered if this was a ‘Friday Afternoon’ crossword, compiled after a good lunch … Read more >>

This was quite relaxingly enjoyable.  Thanks Jason. Across 1 We men are at the top of church’s structure (12) STEEPLEJACKS:  JACKS(plural of male name for men) +(at)  STEEPLE(the top of church’s structure literally).  Defn:  … Read more >>

The line “A celebratory crossword” at the top of the clue list gave me some trepidation. Not being up on the details of the big event happening today, this meant a challenge, and … Read more >>

Suppose I should have seen the theme coming.  I thought Neo did well to stretch the thematic material as far as he did – even if it may be a little too innuendo-laden … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword from 18 April 2011 Not as many cd’s and dd’s as we have been accustomed to seeing in a Dante puzzle.  Of these, I liked 11 across the best.  Across … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of April 16 This week Cincinnus gives us three homophones (!) and some typically fine double definitions. My favourite clues here are 11A (RILKE), 24A (GREER), 1D … Read more >>

A good crossword today from Gozo, harder than it looks at first sight. We have a geography lesson from Gozo:  countries, states, riviers and cities – large and small.  I enjoyed the juxtaposition of … Read more >>

This was quite a smooth solve, except for 7A which held me up for a bit.  In fact the “spare” time from the faster completion, was spent in embellishing (maybe too much, in … Read more >>

Unusually scant annotation required for a Bradman puzzle, I felt; with most of the wordplay being nifty rather than nefarious.  A flurry of geographic answers and elements, coupled with an absence of any … Read more >>

A (mostly) straightforward crossword today, with only one clue (14 across ) that I’m not happy about.  Enjoyable, good fun and no obscure words or archaic definitions, which is nice. There have been so many … Read more >>