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With more than 2mn clues to his name, he was known as the ‘Mozart’ of the puzzle community
In the latest in a series, a setter reveals how a sporting mishap got him into crosswords
The annual songfest features in the FT’s May crossword news puzzle
The second FT US puzzle is published today. Roger Blitz talks to the compiler about his influences, how to clue ‘zabaglione’ and the difference between UK and US crosswords
The FT’s band of setters are a breed few know much about. In an occasional series, they reveal a little about themselves. This week features a drystone waller from Yorkshire
Discover the name of a country by solving the clues relating to its people, places and culture
The former US president’s court travails is one of the topics to be found in this month’s FT News Puzzle
A new monthly series of US-style FT crosswords illuminates differences — and similarities — between puzzles across the pond
The first day of the month offers a variety of ways to befuddle puzzle solvers
The third in a new FT cryptic crossword series invites readers to solve clues about topical events
The second in a new FT cryptic crossword series invites readers to solve clues about topical events
Colin Inman, who oversaw the Financial Times’s cryptic puzzles for more than four decades, on the art of the setter
A new FT cryptic crossword series invites readers to spot topical people and places
What’s the answer to 12 across? And why? FT Clue Clinic helps you work it out
FT crossword editor Roger Blitz examines how compilers have used this year’s events in their clues
Confused about cryptics? Here are some useful pointers to the different techniques used by setters, types of clues and how to solve them
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