Joker the Merciful today.
Times 28900 – real and unreal geography
Time taken: 11:58. I don’t think this is as difficult as I made it out to be, I had two early typos in answers that kept me from completing some pretty obvious cryptics. There’s a … Read more “Times 28900 – real and unreal geography”
Times 28899 – gardener’s world.
Some inspired work here from our setter, misdirecting me several times.
Quick Cryptic No 2658 by Izetti
One with some tricky vocabulary, but helpful wordplay.
Quick Cryptic 2657 by Mara
A bright and witty offering from Mara today, with one topical clue to bring us back to earth from the realm of crossword land.
Times Cryptic 28898
Most of this went in quite easily but some of the parsing was a bit tricky
Times 28897 – Lib Lab
I was going along quite nicely until I got to 19 down. Thereafter, I got no further. An early look at the leaderboard shows the expected fast times. I wonder how many others were nonplussed. … Read more “Times 28897 – Lib Lab”
Times Quick Cryptic 2656 by Trelawney
A nice puzzle from Trelawney
Melbourne TfTT Get Together Tuesday 23rd April
A few TimesforTheTimes stalwarts met in Melbourne, Victoria this Tuesday 23rd April. Open the post to see a photo.
Mephisto 3320 – Buck Mulligan’s Ninja Turtle
I started off as I usually start off in Mephisto, despairing of getting a single answer, only to be reviewing a completed grid in less than 90 minutes. Mephisto is like that.