FT

Across 1 TARIFF – RA(<) in tiff. 4 AT RANDOM – Rand in atom.  Thank god for an accurate definition “indiscriminately”. My current peeve of the month is people wh;ve started using the … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 5 October 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of October 3 I don’t recall any compiler using clues for split-word answers (such as 11 and 9 across) as much as Cinephile. He has 4 in … Read more >>

On the first pass through I thought this was going to be very tricky as I only had a few entries, mainly in the SW corner. However, completing this corner helped to open … Read more >>

An interesting variety of clues today, and some unusual words. Across 1 SHISH KEBAB *(KISS BABE H H) H H is “H[ard] twice” 7 SACK dd 9 FREE d&cd 10 BUDGERIGAR BUDGE (shift) … Read more >>

This was quite easy and pleasant. It helped to get the two long ones at 1,9 and 8,28 quickly. There’s a slight ‘floral inclination’ in the bottom-right (17D, 21D), the checking and wordplay … Read more >>

Here is a belated analysis of yesterday’s puzzle.  Apologies for the delay but I didn’t notice that the scheduled blogger had gone AWOL until this morning. I found this a most enjoyable puzzle … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 28 September 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 26 I found this a moderately difficult puzzle for Mudd. I especially liked 4D and 25D. Across 1. CAMISOLE – CAM (river) + I (one) … Read more >>

During the first pass I thought this was going to be easy for a Monk because some of the clues were so obvious, but subsequently the solving process slowed a little proving that … Read more >>

Nothing too difficult here; a pretty quick solve.  Meanwhile, the FT seems to alternate between posting the puzzles days late or (as in this case) a few hours after midnight London time the … Read more >>

Now that Friday’s puzzle has been added to the FT website here is a quick analysis of the clues. Across 1 JURIST  RIS[k] (much danger) in JUT (project) 4 AMPERAGE  A MP (a … Read more >>

Smiffy is away on business and so has missed a pleasant puzzle from Sleuth today. A little tricky in places, with some convoluted wordplay in a few clues, but overall a fair challenge. … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 21 September 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of September 20 Oh, I do like 13A. And 1A and 5D. Thank you, Cincinnus. Had some trouble with 2D and 14D. Across 1. INSATIABLY – anagram … Read more >>