A very enjoyable, reasonably tough, solve. Some interesting words and more unusal anagrinds and containment indicators with a couple of very good “lift and separate” clues. I didn’t know the literary society but luckily had … Read more “Mephisto 2800 by Tim Moorey – From Bosch to Rabbie”
Month: May 2014
Jumbo 1087
Clock stopped at just over the half-hour mark, which is about my normal time for a Jumbo, so by that measure this wasn’t too difficult. However, there was plenty of nice stuff, including some which … Read more “Jumbo 1087”
Saturday Times 25771 (26th April)
Solving time 17:42, slowed down a bit at the end by 8dn for some reason. Hats off to the setter for 2dn and 19dn for making me laugh, and for 1ac and 26ac for the … Read more “Saturday Times 25771 (26th April)”
Quick Cryptic No. 40 by Grumpy
I seem to be meeting Grumpy more often than not on Fridays now. This one seems to be continuing the trend of increasing difficulty for the Quickies, I hope the debutantes are keeping up!It’s a … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 40 by Grumpy”
Times 25776 – Blogged Out
This was a classic puzzle of two halves for me. The bottom half and the two long Down answers went in smoothly and tidily but then I ground to a halt and had real problems … Read more “Times 25776 – Blogged Out”
25775 A very peculiar practice
Less than 10 minutes for this one, so look out for some whizzo times, and then have a go at the Quickie for something a bit more challenging. Well, I say ten minutes. It was … Read more “25775 A very peculiar practice”
Times Quick Cryptic Number 39 by Mara
Hello everyone. Time taken: medium It’s that time of the week again and we have a lovely puzzle today which was a pleasure to solve. Think I can work out the identity of our setter … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic Number 39 by Mara”