Enjoyable puzzle of average difficulty. Another word not found in the “correct” place in C but I was ready for it this time! Across 1 SEJM – M-JES(t) reversed; Polish assembly; 4 PISS-A-BED – PISS(AB)ED; … Read more “Mephisto 2818 by Tim Moorey”
Month: September 2014
Sunday Times 4605 by Dean Mayer
8:59. When I sat down to solve this Mrs Keriothe had taken all the kids out for some reason or other, so I had a completely free half hour and a fresh pot of coffee. … Read more “Sunday Times 4605 by Dean Mayer”
Saturday Times 25879 (30th August) – a significant milestone!
Solving time – 11:55, so not a tricky puzzle but certainly a major accomplishment by the setter. The Times don’t often reveal the setter’s name, but I’d bank on this one being by 1ac 8dn, … Read more “Saturday Times 25879 (30th August) – a significant milestone!”
Times 25,884: With These Clues, You’re Really Spoiling Us
A fun puzzle this morning, not too difficult – I was able to fill in quite a lot of the top left corner more or less immediately (2D pulling off the impressive feat of being … Read more “Times 25,884: With These Clues, You’re Really Spoiling Us”
Quick Cryptic No 130 by Des
A geographical slant on today’s puzzle, good for coffee drinkers. Some write-ins, some needing a little thought and a few worthy of the main cryptic. It took me 12 minutes -partly because my print-out from … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 130 by Des”
Times Quick Cryptic No 129 by Flamande
Solving time: Fairly straightforward Hello everyone We have a puzzle by Flamande today who certainly knows how to set for the target market. This is quite an accessible puzzle, which didn’t cause too many problems … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 129 by Flamande”
25883 One to bring out the latent Grundy in all of us
Undoubtedly there will be be letters, and not only the 161 in the grid. Our puzzle contains some genuine obscurities, one in Sanskrit for goodness sake, which you either know or you don’t. There’s a … Read more “25883 One to bring out the latent Grundy in all of us”
Times 25882 – foot off the pedal?
After a series of testing days, especially last week, I found this a much easier romp, all done in 15 minutes with only one word a little obscure but evident from the checkers and anagram. … Read more “Times 25882 – foot off the pedal?”
Quick Cryptic No. 128 by Joker
Nothing obscure here, a good puzzle, only around 3 on the Richter scale, but parsing 12ac, 20ac and 20dn may make some scratch their heads for a while. Across 1 PANORAMA – PANAMA (part of … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 128 by Joker”
Times Cryptic – 25881
This was quite a gentle offering for my first blog in my new spot and I doubt it would have delayed my distinguished predecessor for very long – I suspect he’d even have been in … Read more “Times Cryptic – 25881”