After my DNF on Monday in the main Cryptic because of an unknown antelope, I was more clued up today when another obscure one showed up. There are several more uncommon words here too, in … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 259 by Izetti – a trickier quickie?”
Month: March 2015
26038 In which Marx fails both as economist and film maker.
No push over this one, though I did manage to scrape in 59 seconds before the big hand hit the 6. That’ll be 29.01 for those of you who are too young to be bothered … Read more “26038 In which Marx fails both as economist and film maker.”
Quick Cryptic No 258 by Pedro
An extremely quick solve – until the NE where progress was made only by a great deal of effort. This averaged out to a medium (15 minutes). I, unsually, had no problems at all with … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 258 by Pedro”
Quick Cryptic No 257 by Orpheus
An elegant puzzle with a consistent level of difficulty, nothing controversial or unknown, ideal for a quickie, it took me 10 minutes to solve and parse. Across 1 TO SAY THE LEAST – Def. with … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 257 by Orpheus”
Times Crossword 26,037 – Vale, sort of
Solving Time: a little over 21 minutes, so rather slower than average but I felt a bit sluggish. I’m having medical tests tomorrow so can’t eat or (more to the point) drink this evening.I thought … Read more “Times Crossword 26,037 – Vale, sort of”
Quick Cryptic No 256 by Teazel
An interesting puzzle – especially for the astronomers amongst us – with a couple of unusual letter combinations to keep us on our toes. 12 minutes which is in my ‘medium’ yardstick. COD to 17ac … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 256 by Teazel”
Times 26036
Once again I very nearly hit my 30-minute target but failed on this occasion by 7 minutes because of a hold-up in the NE corner where I became fixated on an incorrect first word at … Read more “Times 26036”
Quick Cryptic 255 by Grumpy
I don’t seem to have had much success in the past in attempting to objectively gauge the difficulty level of these puzzles but, despite that, I’m still going to claim that this week’s is easier … Read more “Quick Cryptic 255 by Grumpy”
Times 26035 – Here’s to the fine lady from 4 down!
Solving time: 48 minutes Music: Schubert, Symphony #9, Munch/BSO I found this one surprisingly tough. Maybe I was just not on the wavelength, but even after I had a considerable number of crossing letters I … Read more “Times 26035 – Here’s to the fine lady from 4 down!”
Sunday Times 4630 by Tim Moorey
I’ve cobbled this together quickly at late notice, so forgive brevity and errors. As you’ll have read above, Dave Perry is no longer able to fulfil his fortnightly blogging duty, so you’ve got me today. … Read more “Sunday Times 4630 by Tim Moorey”