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An entertaining puzzle from Poins, with a mini-theme of HEART (24d). Apologies for late and swiftly posted blog, and for any mistakes I have overlooked. Across 1 BALSA Model makers use it with … Read more >>
Lorraine: Good morning to you all, Unusually I did not do this weeks puzzle on Sunday but did it during the week. Lots of lovely clue’s this week, ‘bootless’ had me stuck for a … Read more >>
The Genius puzzle could be described as one of the blocked crossword world’s entry into the more challenging type of crossword arena championed by the likes of The Inquisitor, Enigmatic Variations and The … Read more >>
The usual thing from Azed: utterly sound clueing and lots of wading through Chambers in search of words you have never heard of, which is quite fun, once you’re used to it. As … Read more >>
(Sorry to the lateness of this post – I meant to do it yesterday evening but it slipped my mind, I’m afraid.) This was an enjoyable puzzle, although we found it quite tough … Read more >>
I had a bit of ‘blogger’s blindness’ on this one. I found it a struggle, harder than most Tyrus puzzles I’ve tackled before – hard to get started and hard to make … Read more >>
Lego – now that’s something you can never get tired of playing with! A nice short and sweet preamble with extra letters in the down clues giving an instruction to solvers. All relatively … Read more >>
Stella appears to have gone walkabout so I am a late stand-in. A bit of fun from the good Rev today, with some characteristic liberties, though I must admit that it took me a … Read more >>
Fair puzzle and a nifty solve ACROSS 1 DEAD RINGER LATE dead RINGER caller 7 FIST hand FAST firm swapping A for I 9 PLAN design PLAN[t] most of factory … Read more >>
Straightforward solve this week – very enjoyable ACROSS 2 Want man in hospital to have cherries BLACKHEARTS cherries LACK want HE in BARTS hospital 10 Figures with how many faces? … Read more >>
We were pleased to have another Phi to blog but for some reason this wasn’t as much fun as some of his more recent ones. There’s nothing to complain about, all the clues … Read more >>
An invigorating challenge to start the day. Some clues took me far longer to solve than they should have, but I’d still rate this is as an above-average toughie by FT standards. Thank-you, Loroso. … Read more >>
My one-in-every-four Thursday slot has thrown up a Nestor several times recently, and I am certainly not complaining! With Nestor, you know that you have a challenge on your hands, but you also … Read more >>
Yes, it’s me again – I’m standing in for Eileen, who is away. After Brendan yesterday I was delighted again to get Paul today, with a lot of his trademark humour and cheeky … Read more >>
Monday Prize Crossword/Mar 19 A typical Dante puzzle , enjoyable as ever. Definitions are underlined and/or referred to in the blog. Across 1 RUSTED Condition of tank, perhaps, after attack from the … Read more >>