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Colin Inman, FT Style Guide author, 1938-2026
Colin Inman, who has died aged 87, helped construct this article — his obituary — as well as the other articles on the FT’s website.
A race for tariffs riles the vice-president
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
Serving up a no-table clue about ping-pong
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
Climb every mountain, solve every clue
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
Open to ideas for clues? Iron out your cryptic skills
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
Alcaraz serves up a clue for the Saturday cryptic crossword
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
Crossword setters meet their downfall
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword blog: By George, I think we’ve got it!
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
Hats off (or on) if you managed to solve this scorcher of a clue
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword blog: Wonky clues, solutions to grouse about? Not half!
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword blog: M won’t stand for nonsense, I may stand for intelligence
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword blog: get your head around close encounters with the Queen
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword blog: Fly-by-nights and Boris Johnson offer clues and solutions
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword blog: how to be masters in the art of solving puzzles
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword blog: a goldmine for words and phrases
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword blog: The revolution in letters, words and phrases begins here
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword puzzle blog: Clueless about Trump? Here’s some solutions
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword puzzle blog: and we’re clueing a Stairway to Heaven
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this Easter weekend.
The FT crossword puzzle blog: row, row, row your boat, in a crossword theme
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
The FT crossword puzzle blog: April Fool’s Day — just a lot of waffle
A blog that takes a look at the highlights from the week’s cryptics, and some of the puzzles coming up this weekend.
Clues on News and one to chew on a cashew
Clues of the weekend From the monthly News puzzle, which features clues and solutions related to the events and topics from March and is...
Behind the scenes: who are the FT’s crossword compilers?
Your setter/compiler handle/pseudonym/alter ego Basilisk Why?
Roger Squires, record-breaking crossword compiler, 1932-2023
Roger Squires chanced upon crosswords by magic.
Behind the scenes: who are the FT’s crossword compilers?
Your setter/compiler handle/pseudonym/alter ego Neo Why?
Whales, London streets and one country’s landmarks - this weekend’s FT crosswords
Solvers navigating their way round this weekend’s FT crosswords might wonder if a sense of geography and the London A-Z might be just as...
2 down — Singer’s incredible role on vacuous Eurovision (6)
James Brydon wrote this clue for this month’s FT News Puzzle about the French economy minister’s steamy novel Fugue américaine: Burn...
The American way of making crosswords
Tell us a bit about yourself I am Oliver Roeder, the FT’s US senior data journalist, based in New York.
Behind the scenes: who are the FT’s crossword compilers? Original
Your setter/compiler handle/pseudonym/alter ego Monk. Why? “M on K”, my initials.
A cryptic tour around the globe with the new FT World Puzzle Original
In the spirit of Jules Verne, the FT crossword is setting forth on the task of traversing the countries of the world — or at least a lot...
26 across — Trump’s reaction to Stormy Daniels? (7)
Resignations, sackings, space exploits, protests and the deaths of not one but two comic drag queen turns — April had plenty to occupy...
Cross(word) ing the Atlantic with the FT’s first US puzzle Original
At the 45th annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held in Connecticut earlier this month, the winner completed the championship...
April Fools’ Day, a composer’s anniversary and the Rolling Stones - this weekend’s FT crosswords Original
To cryptic crossword setters and solvers, every day is like April Fools’ Day.
The News Puzzle: test your knowledge of this month’s events
The letter ‘B’ is scattered all over the FT News Puzzle for March.
The News Puzzle: Test your recall about February’s events Original
February’s news agenda included spying balloons, Scottish nationalism convulsions and the death of a music icon — all of which have...
‘FT solvers tend not to mind the risqué clues’
Spurred by their popularity on digital devices and the benefits that medical studies have found they can have on mental health, puzzles...
The News Puzzle: Test your knowledge of this month’s events
As January comes to an end, why not test your knowledge of recent notable events with a quiz? The FT has launched the News Puzzle, the first in a monthly series of cryptic crosswords which takes the topical events of the past month as its theme. A band of crossword compilers will take it in turns to fill a grid with the people, places and events that FT readers have read about in our recent news coverage.
The News Puzzle: Test your knowledge of this month’s events
As January comes to an end, why not test your knowledge of recent notable events with a quiz?
FT crossword setters play politics with 2022
A year to forget for many has been one to savour for crossword compilers.
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Coronavirus latest: US death toll tops 100,000
Emma Boyde, Alice Woodhouse, Adam Samson, Roger Blitz, Naomi Rovnick, Harry Dempsey, Sarah Provan, Mamta Badkar, Matthew Rocco, Peter...
Currency surprises a feature of 2015
After so many shocks, currency traders are ending the year fully expecting another bolt from the blue.
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Countries vie for cryptocurrency supremacy as Libra tips scales
Mark Zuckerberg had barely settled into his seat in front of the US House of Representatives financial services committee in October when...
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Trades in 2016: the good, the bad and what comes next
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Pound timeline: from the 1970s to Brexit crunch
With less than six months to the UK’s exit from the EU, traders are expecting an extended period of volatility in the pound.
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