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Monday Prize Crossword/Sep 2 Pleasant start of the FT week, this Crux crossword. Definitions are underlined wherever possible and/or appropriate. Across 1 GUNSMITH The Colt’s legend as told by its creator? (8) … Read more >>
Prize puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 31, 2013 I praised the last Cinephile in this space for being exceptionally good (despite a couple of flaws). This one I find to be … Read more >>
Another very nice puzzle from Aardvark. I have blogged a few Aardvark puzzles now and he is becoming one of my favourite FT setters. Thank you Aardvark. Across 1 TROLLOPE Work list transposed in margins … Read more >>
This was another crossword showing the high standards we have come to expect from Dac. I thiught there were lots of good clues today, too many for me to mention … Read more >>
The puzzle may be found at http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26050. Arachne has been submitting just one puzzle a month, so I was happy to see her name when it came my turn to blog. Then I … Read more >>
After three weeks of relatively gentle Inquisitors, we got a much more challenging one from Shark! (Chambers has challenge as : a task, undertaking, etc to test one’s powers and capabilities to the full.) Quite complex … Read more >>
Puzzles with a lot of cross-referencing are not my favourite, but in this case the gateway clue was very easily solved. Then it was simply a matter of Googling this person and getting … Read more >>
I’m standing in as an FT locum for the first time, and I seem to have coincided with the debut of a new setter. Whether Magwitch is an ex-convict from whom I can … Read more >>
Yet another mixed bag from Gordius, with several examples of what I would call loose or vague cluing / definitions. Regular readers will know that seeing Gordius’ name on a puzzle does not … Read more >>
It appears scheduled blogger has gone AWOL today so here is a simple analysis of the clues. I will leave it to others to comment on the crossword in general or in detail. … Read more >>
Rather tricky for a Quiptic, wasn’t it? In addition Hectence makes very free use throughout of two devices that even moderate purists will not approve of. The first is freely running words together … Read more >>
Back home in the Indy with regular Monday man Quixote, feels rather like Autumn this morning. Some nice long anagrams in a generally accessable crossword. Across 1 HEADSMAN Fellow to give others the … Read more >>
I’ve not blogged a themed Sunday puzzle for a while, so this was a nice surprise. Despite solving 1A immediately though, it took me a while to cotton on to the references to … Read more >>
Another fine Sunday crossword from Everyman. Just one clue this morning where I had to rack my brains a bit to discover the parsing. Abbreviations cd cryptic definition dd … Read more >>
My first blog of an AZED as bridgesong is away at the moment. I guess it must be at the easier end of the AZED spectrum as I completed the puzzle in a single … Read more >>