FT

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 >>

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 >>