This is at the easier end of the spectrum and an enjoyable outing, with plentiful opportunities to flex one’s anagramming muscles. No obscure vocabulary from what I can see, but the parsing of the clue … Read more “Quick Cryptic 166 by Hurley”
Month: October 2014
2014 Times Crossword Championship results
Sorry for the delay in getting this up – before last year I used to laboriously create an HTML table and post it here, then last year Pete gave me a link to the file … Read more “2014 Times Crossword Championship results”
Mephisto 2825 – Paul McKenna
Sorry I’m a little late in getting this up – I don’t think there was anything too controversial or mega-obscure here, though there were a few I got from definition and had to retrofit the … Read more “Mephisto 2825 – Paul McKenna”
Sunday Times 4612 (19 Oct 2014) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: 48:55 I never concentrated in History at school, but I managed to drag 23a up from somewhere. I’m also not sure where I managed to pull 11a from either, but it was in … Read more “Sunday Times 4612 (19 Oct 2014) by Tim Moorey”
Times Jumbo 1114
Great to see so many of you at the Times Championship last Saturday – congratulations and/or commiserations to all participants. I thought this was another medium-difficulty Jumbo, but witb some answers that solvers may have … Read more “Times Jumbo 1114”
Saturday Times 25921 (18th October)
Times Championship day, when the puzzle (it always seems to me) is extra-hard just to rattle the competitors before the main event. For a change, not wanting to be rattled, and because I was driving … Read more “Saturday Times 25921 (18th October)”
Times 25,926: More Haste, Less Speed
Well, after my freak respectable performance last weekend – 9th in the second prelim, 16th in the finals – alright, alright, I’ll stop “casually” mentioning it everywhere I go now – I’ve been trying to … Read more “Times 25,926: More Haste, Less Speed”
Quick Cryptic Number 165 by Izetti
This is quite a tricky puzzle, in my opinion, which makes use of some archaic and unusual words. I got almost all the way there before having to resort to the internet for 18dn. It’s … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 165 by Izetti”
Quick Cryptic No. 164 by Teazel (guest blog by faceofboe)
Welcome to guest blogger faceofboe, who is standing in for macavity, who is unable to blog this one. Our best wishes go with macavity, and our thanks to fob… Across 1 MANSFIELD PARK – mans … Read more “Quick Cryptic No. 164 by Teazel (guest blog by faceofboe)”
Today’s Times Quick Cryptic – Help!
Hi everyone I have had a last minute hospital summons this morning. Could someone cover for me today? If not, i’ll put the blog up this afternoon when I’m home