FT

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 14 A fine Cincinnus this time with great anagrams in 24A (SVENGALI) and 5D (NOW THERE’S A THING), a dazzling cryptic definition in 13D (GOOD … Read more >>

The theme today seems to be an attempt to get into the grid as many words and phrases that are derived from French as possible. I have identified those that I know but … Read more >>

Nothing difficult here, but I admire how Armonie makes it all seem so effortless. As usual, the clues have excellent surfaces that read naturally. Across 1 OFF THE MARK dd 7 MACE M[ark] … Read more >>

The top-left of the grid held me up with an unfamiliar synonym of ‘river’ and some tricky wordplay. 9A is still waiting to be annotated. Tougher than Falcon’s usual, with all his elegance … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 9 August 2010 Another gentle start to the week. ACROSS 1 CONTAMINATED *(no admittance) 10 ENTREAT EN (40% of greEN) TREAT (party) 11 WAR HERO Cha of WAR (fight) … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 7 Being on holiday in the Austrian Alps, I took this puzzle at a leisurely pace and it took me some time — there was … Read more >>

It may just be me, but Mudd seemed to be lacking some of his usual humour today. There were attempts at it, such as the definition in 8dn (though the overall surface didn’t … Read more >>

Apologies for the late blog; a little short on time today.    Not a lot to comment on; I have a weakness for reverse anagrams, so I liked 18 across. Across 1 PEDIGREE … Read more >>

3-4 clues into this crossword and I had a strong sense of déjà vu. A quick search told me why. This is a repeat of FT 13391 published on May 21st, 2010. This … Read more >>

To avoid being too sycophantic, I’ll simply list a smattering of the clues that I relished for one reason or another; 1A, 16A, 19A, 27A, 7D, 8D, 22D.  If you’re not a regular … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 2 August 2010 We are back to the slick smoothie to give us a gentle start to the FT week. As usual, there is this generous serving of concise … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of July 31 This strikes me as a mediocre Cincinnus puzzle (although with Cincinnus, mediocre is still jolly fine). My faves are 13A (MAT), 2D (BRIGHTON), 6D … Read more >>

A very quick solve for me today and there should have been nothing in this puzzle to cause anyone problems, apart from perhaps part of the wordplay in 1ac and the answer in … Read more >>

This was a very quick solve, but the usual smooth concise clues from Armonie.  I thought 11 down and 20 down were particularly good. Across 1 LONG SHOT dd 5 SCARCE SCAR (deface) … Read more >>