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James Brydon wrote this clue about the French economy minister’s steamy novel for this month’s FT News puzzle America,
Bernd Moliere plays about a writer of erotica (5,2,5)*
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t fit the answer into the grid,” says James, whose puzzle is published today under the FT handle of Buccaneer. “I was most pained to dismiss any reference to that.”
Interactive Crossword on the FT App
Subscribers can now solve FT’s Daily Cryptic, Polymath and FT Weekend crosswords iOS and Android App
Nor could he work in puzzle stories such as the loss of listeners on the BBC’s Today programme, Belgium’s Luca Brecel winning the World Snooker Championship or Boris and Carrie Johnson expecting their third child.
But there was plenty of other material that made the grid – led by a British king’s entry and including that Eurovision Songfest. Not the first time in the Enigma series, royal feuding makes an appearance, as do Britain’s economic woes, a former US president’s legal battle and disputes surrounding British government ministers.
“I’m far from a news junkie, so I spent some time looking through the May news, trying to come up with as detailed a list of possible items as possible,” says Bryden. “Sad news doesn’t work well in crosswords, so I looked for moments of cultural interest, or the tribulations and feuds of powerful people that seemed ripe for sarcastic mention.”
According to Bryden, writing crossword clues involves looking for potential word ideas hidden in words.
“Here, various new ideas emerge from the words that were used to fill the grid around the main thematic ideas. Final series of Elon Musk’s Starship project, reference to Wills and Harry’s feud successionOr the fuss over the Year 6 SATs (which my daughter took this year), were not on my original list, but grew organically from the letter combinations in the grid, providing more and more clues and solutions to news topics. ,
The FT monthly news puzzle can be found ft.com/crosswordapp
*Bruno Le Maire (anagram of Bern Molière)
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James Brydon wrote this clue about the French economy minister’s steamy novel for this month’s FT News puzzle America,
Bernd Moliere plays about a writer of erotica (5,2,5)*
“Unfortunately, I couldn’t fit the answer into the grid,” says James, whose puzzle is published today under the FT handle of Buccaneer. “I was most pained to dismiss any reference to that.”
Interactive Crossword on the FT App
Subscribers can now solve FT’s Daily Cryptic, Polymath and FT Weekend crosswords iOS and Android App
Nor could he work in puzzle stories such as the loss of listeners on the BBC’s Today programme, Belgium’s Luca Brecel winning the World Snooker Championship or Boris and Carrie Johnson expecting their third child.
But there was plenty of other material that made the grid – led by a British king’s entry and including that Eurovision Songfest. Not the first time in the Enigma series, royal feuding makes an appearance, as do Britain’s economic woes, a former US president’s legal battle and disputes surrounding British government ministers.
“I’m far from a news junkie, so I spent some time looking through the May news, trying to come up with as detailed a list of possible items as possible,” says Bryden. “Sad news doesn’t work well in crosswords, so I looked for moments of cultural interest, or the tribulations and feuds of powerful people that seemed ripe for sarcastic mention.”
According to Bryden, writing crossword clues involves looking for potential word ideas hidden in words.
“Here, various new ideas emerge from the words that were used to fill the grid around the main thematic ideas. Final series of Elon Musk’s Starship project, reference to Wills and Harry’s feud successionOr the fuss over the Year 6 SATs (which my daughter took this year), were not on my original list, but grew organically from the letter combinations in the grid, providing more and more clues and solutions to news topics. ,
The FT monthly news puzzle can be found ft.com/crosswordapp
*Bruno Le Maire (anagram of Bern Molière)
