Well this was exactly what a man doesn’t want when he gets home late and thinks he’ll try to knock off both puzzle and blog before going to bed. There was a lot of head-scratching … Read more “Times 26,030”
Month: February 2015
Times 26029 – O Publius Virgilius Marrow!
A pleasant offering with a scorpion-like sting in the tail for me, although gynecologists will be in clover. A nice mix of clues, including two candidates for Lifetime Award for Chestnut. 43 minutes. ACROSS 1. … Read more “Times 26029 – O Publius Virgilius Marrow!”
Times Quick Cryptic 250 by Tracy
At 13 minutes I found this puzzle quite testing but reviewing it just now whilst rereading the blog I can’t see what delayed me unless it was the two long Down answers that needed so … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 250 by Tracy”
Mephisto 2842 by Tim Moorey
Enjoyable middle of the road puzzle Across 1 SCHOOLE – SCHOOL-(barg)E; Waggledagger for shoal; 7 FEHM – FE(H)M; Henry=H (physics); FEM=femme=homosexual partner; medieval German court; 10 LOOED – LOO-(th)E-D; to forfeited in game of loo; … Read more “Mephisto 2842 by Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 4629 by Dean Mayer
16:39. Relatively straightforward for a Dean Mayer puzzle but very enjoyable as always. There are a few definitions in here that strike me as odd and/or loose: I’ll be interested to hear what others think. … Read more “Sunday Times 4629 by Dean Mayer”
Saturday Times 26022 (14th Feb)
Solving time 14:00 exactly. No Valentine’s Day theme for the Times of course (although the word appears in a clue as part of the wordplay, sneaky one there setter). Mainly straightforward although there were a … Read more “Saturday Times 26022 (14th Feb)”
Jumbo 1133
To me this seemed a bit trickier than normal when solving at the time, although when writing up the blog I am not sure why. Probably just that some of the definitions were a bit … Read more “Jumbo 1133”
Times 26,027: Much To My Arrondissement
A perforce abbreviated blog from me this morning: I’m about to head off to the second day of a two day PHP conference (not to be confused with a PCP conference) and time is in … Read more “Times 26,027: Much To My Arrondissement”
Quick Cryptic No 249 by Orpheus – a few tricky bits
A shade harder than my Wednesday challenge, I thought, and a couple (22a, 5d) I am still rather uncomfortable with (q.v.). Nevertheless an enjoyable puzzle with some smart clueing. Across 1 LATEST – LA = … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 249 by Orpheus – a few tricky bits”
Times Quick Cryptic No 248 by Teazel
Solving time: Above average Morning all Apologies for missing last week. Some very kind contractors were removing some tree roots from the car park of the sheltered housing complex I live in and severed a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 248 by Teazel”