FT

Not a good start to the second half of the year for me as there are two clues I’m unable to parse (9a & 12a). I also think one of the clues is … Read more >>

I don’t recognise the setter’s pseudonym so it is either a new contributor or a rebranding of an existing one for the purpose of this tennis related puzzle. Nothing particularly difficult today though … Read more >>

Fairly easy, pleasant puzzle today. I was briefly held up in the NE corner, I thought COLOGNE and BETEL were cleverly clued and it didn’t help to not know the two Lancs towns … Read more >>

This felt like a tougher than average puzzle from Flimsy, although that impression may be influenced by the longest/quadrant-linking entries being particularly slow to come to me.  Commiserations to the setter on having … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 15 June 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 June 13 I found this Mudd a bit of a challenge, especially the top-right corner. I particularly like 16A and 14D. Across 1. DEFECT – double … Read more >>

Being Wimbledon fortnight I suppose we might have had strawberries sometime but instead we got a single straw[berry] plus a lot of other berries. Pity there was no cream to go with them! … Read more >>

A pleasant, if fairly easy, puzzle today.  Not too much to comment on here. Across 1 MEDICATION C (cold) in MEDIATION (good offices) 7 FLAT dd 9 HIND dd 10 ENTERPRISE ENTER (embark … Read more >>

I enjoyed this puzzle overall, except that I thought there was an overload of ‘select nth letter’ type of wordplay. The clues are a little wordy but have entertaining surfaces, notably 8A, 27A, … Read more >>

A late solve, and an even later posting. But better late than never, as was the case last Thursday. After the first couple of across clues, I suspected that we were on for … Read more >>

Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of June 6 A mighty strong puzzle from Cincinnus this time. I am awed by 26A and also like 5A and 13A. It took me some time … Read more >>

Monday Prize Crossword on 8 June 2009 dd = double definition cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram … Read more >>

A good assortment of clue types today in a moderately challenging puzzle. As usual with Monk, all clues were scrupulously fair but so far I have been unable to understand the wordplay in 21a.  … Read more >>

Some odd surfaces, some odd anagram indicators, and other quibbles.  I’m afraid I wasn’t a fan of this one.  Thanks to Gaufrid for clearing up 10ac and 3dn for me. Across 8 GARLIC GAR … Read more >>

Is it just me or are you also getting the same? Saturday puzzle still not there and also the Monday Prize puzzle which I am supposed to blog. Financial Times Crossword and Polymath … Read more >>