FT

Nothing too difficult today, but some clever constructions and no complaints.  13 across and 1 down were particular favourites. Across 1 AGENDA AGE (become old) + *(AND) 4 ATLANTIS N[ote] + IT reversed … Read more >>

 I don’t know what’s prevented Shuchi from posting today but here is an analysis of the clues. Sorry for its tardy appearance but I have been out all afternoon (a rare occurrence). The … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the FT of December 31, 2010 An end of year surprise – prize puzzle on a Friday. The clue for 19D sums it up for me. Liked many clues such … Read more >>

This was an abundance of plain-sailing – if anything, the main risk was of skirting too close to The Doldrums in places – and my annotations are correspondingly skimpy, so please holler if … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword first appeared on-line on 4 January 2011 which is a Tuesday Another easy week-starter, this time from a stranger to this slot, Falcon. ACROSS 1 BISHOP dd Bishop is a … Read more >>

Enjoyable crossword, neither too hard nor too easy.  This was my first FT blog and I don’t know AARDVARK at all, so was a little apprehensive starting this one.  My favourite clue was … Read more >>

An enjoyable puzzle with some surprising twists and turns.  21 down was the last to fall, but there were plenty of clues with micely misleading wordplay.  In particular, I liked the way the … Read more >>

A gentle, entertaining puzzle with high number of double definition clues, many that we need to “lift and separate” to read the definitions independently (27A, 5D). The bottom half of the grid makes … Read more >>

A quick-quick-slow kind of puzzle today.  Plenty of easy or familiar items on the menu to binge on early, before finishing off with a smattering of sublimely tricky or unhelpfully-defined answers. Across 1 CONTEMPT … Read more >>

I was rather surprised to find that this Cinephile Jumbo took me no longer than some of the ‘normal’ FT puzzles despite the greater number of clues. This was perhaps due to twigging … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword first appeared on-line on 28 December 2010 Dante has this last prize and prized puzzle in 2010 … I just wonder whether any FT subscriber would take time off from … Read more >>

A bit of a mixed bag from Cinephile today with some very easy clues, some a little more tricky and one where I think an error has been made in the wordplay. There … Read more >>

 Smiffy has been caught up in the aftermath of the recent blizzards in the US and is still trying to get home after his Christmas break so you will have to put up … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 20 December 2010 Crux delighted us with this selection which included some creative and amusing cryptic definitions. There are also a few devices which I have not seen before. … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of December 18 Another fine Mudd with, what was for me, a slightly difficult top-right corner. My favourite clues here are 13A (AFORESAID), 28A (NO FEAR) and … Read more >>