FT

Dante is back in his accustomed spot this week.  A somewhat heavy reliance on anagrams; I count nine (excluding clues where an anagram is only part of the wordplay).  The best of these, … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 22 Once again Cincinnus comes up with an impressive set of clues. How juicy is 19A (REDSTART)? How witty 13A (NON-USAGE)! How splendid 8A (CON … Read more >>

Easier than the last AARDVARK puzzle I blogged, but no less enjoyable.  My favourite was 29 across which made me smile, 13 across is good too.   Also, I got throught he whole thing without … Read more >>

A quick, clean Tuesday puzzle from Armonie.  No especial comments, except that I thought the anagram fodder was cleverly blended into the clue in 10 across.  Other favourites today were 27 across and … Read more >>

I had mixed feelings about this puzzle. Liked some clues such as 17a, 16d, found others a bit shaky. Across 1,5 PERSIAN CARPET (APPRENTICES A[lways] R[eady])*; “principal always ready” = A R? Hmmm … Read more >>

Another Thursday, another debut setter (or, at least, pseudonym).  My second new opponent in consecutive blogs – the FT editor must be broadening his church further still in 2011.  And it’s not too … Read more >>

The FT gave us a pleasant change from Dante this week.  Please don’t take that the wrong way — I am a fan of the cd master.  But some variety in this space … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 15 I had trouble finishing the lower-left quadrant of this puzzle and maintain a reservation about 17D (EGYPTIAN). My top clues here are 28A (BEGRUDGE) … Read more >>

Quite a tricky puzzle to finish, the bottom left corner had me stuck for quite a while.  Lots of nice clues with some nice & Lits.  I thought 27 across  was nicely crafted, and 14dn made … Read more >>

I was happy to see Neo in the Tuesday FT again.  As always, there is plenty here to entertain the solver. Across 1 CROSS-REFER d&cd A cross-reference that refers to a cross. 7 … Read more >>

Nice and simple with many clues solved in the first pass. The rest fell smoothly as well with some lookups mostly in the top-right corner. An enjoyable puzzle; my only gripe is with … Read more >>

A prodigious amount of thematic material has been skilfully shoe-horned into this commemorative puzzle.  This appears to be Gaff’s debut (oh go on then, inaugural!) appearance in the FT although I wouldn’t completely … Read more >>

My first prize puzzle blog — I hope someone reads it! Dante is a regular in this space, and he provides his usual collection of dd’s and cd’s.  There were two excellent examples … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of January 8 Cinephile gives us a few fine clues here, 1-18A (STANDING OVATION), 10A (DISARM) and 1D (SUPINE). And a couple of unconventional clues that I … Read more >>

A super crossword from Cinephile, though a couple of words had me reaching for the dictionary.  My favourites are 3dn and 7dn.  The body parts that are omitted from the subsidiary parts of the clues are shown in … Read more >>