FT

This is at least the third year running that “Courtier” has posted a puzzle with a timely theme.  Presumably it is one of the usual setters using a different pseudonym.  Any guesses?  I … Read more >>

A fine offering from Viking. The SE corner was tricky to unravel, the rest of the answers fell into place without hiccups though the wordplay took more time to work out. 1A, 13A … Read more >>

A well-balanced mix of tractability and trickiness . I came unstuck in the SW quadrant, due to an over-impulsive stab at 17D, but overall the answers manifested themselves  at a satisfyingly steady and … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 7 June 2010 A nice change from the easier Dante and Crux.  Mudd employs some devices which are unusual and therefore challenging for a Monday. Most entertaining as well … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 5 Cincinnus regales us with another selection of clues many of which are so simple they seem almost obvious but are really brilliant. My faves … Read more >>

No particular problems today apart from 27ac where I cannot make up my mind as to the correct interpretation of the clue. There are a couple of possibilities, or maybe even something else … Read more >>

Some clever clues here from Crux.  As seems usual for me lately, there is one clue I haven’t been able to parse:  19 across.  I’m sure it’s something clever that will elicit an … Read more >>

I started off smoothly with this puzzle but struggled to finish it, stuck for a long time with 11A, 5D. While there were some neat clues like 17A and 28A, I wasn’t particularly … Read more >>

I found very little to comment on today.  Hope that’s not a Wildean case of “The only thing worse than being talked about, is not…”.  The longer anagrams at 21A and 13D were … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 31 May 2010 Back to the delightful Dante, master of the smooth surface. As usual, very slick but all too easy. ACROSS 1 SIESTA *(east is) I do not … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of May 29 This puzzle is a brilliant feat by Cinephile in that all the symmetrically paired across clues are anagrams of each other — a fact … Read more >>

Provided you have a reasonable knowledge of the thematic genre this is probably the easiest Cinephile you are ever likely to come across. The meaning of D[ance] came rapidly from solving the first … Read more >>

A fairly quick solve.  I’m unsure of the explanation for 12 across.  A good variety of clue types; I thought 16 across was amusing. Across 1 CARRY OFF dd 6 GLANCE N[ougat] in … Read more >>

The second Loroso puzzle to appear in FT, and the first I’m blogging about – welcome to the setter who’s better known in these parts as Anax. Loroso treats us to novel tricks … Read more >>

There seemed to be an abundance of straightforward yet original devices in this puzzle, which is not always an easy combination of traits to achieve.  The SW corner proved by far the trickiest … Read more >>