The Quick Cryptic blogs seem to have brought a new life to this community – not that we were struggling but we’ve seen a new influx of bloggers and commenters as a result, which has … Read more “Quick Cryptic Week 3”
Day: 23rd March 2014
Jumbo 1081 – March 8th
Standard solve, perhaps at the quick end, with no stand out tough clues. Any hard vocab, such as QUINSY, MASSE and TUMBRIL, was gettable from definition or checkers. Special mention to the wordplay in 4D. … Read more “Jumbo 1081 – March 8th”
Mephisto 2794 by Tim Moorey – A Load of Balls
A relatively easy puzzle with two irritations. After the obscure sportsmen of a couple of weeks ago we now have a schoolboyish contraction of the name of a further obscure sportsman. Quite why our setters … Read more “Mephisto 2794 by Tim Moorey – A Load of Balls”
Sunday Times 4581 (16 Mar 2014) by Dean Mayer
Solving Time: 54:51 A typical Dean puzzle. Quite tough, with plenty of inventive wordplay and excellent surface readings. Too many good ones to pick a COD. cd = cryptic def., dd = double def., rev … Read more “Sunday Times 4581 (16 Mar 2014) by Dean Mayer”