Well, I’m impressed by my own dedication to meeting the blogger’s deadline. I woke up early, far too early really, managed to get the puzzle and solve it on my miniature smartphone, typed up the … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 299 by Flamande”
Month: April 2015
Times Quick Cryptic No 298 by Tracy
Solving time: Easier end of the scale Apologies for the brief blog today – dashing between hospital appointments. A nice fairly straightforward puzzle that shouldn’t cause too much angst, I think. Across 1 PARTICULAR – … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 298 by Tracy”
26086 For those of you who don’t like sport…
17.16, so about as close as can be to an average puzzle for me. At the moment, though, I seem to be starting fast, slowing down about a third of the way through, and speeding … Read more “26086 For those of you who don’t like sport…”
Quick Cryptic Number 297 by Teazel
This was quite a grown-up crossword, which for me felt in equal parts frustrating and revelatory – just as it should be! I had difficulty with some vocabulary at 16ac and 18ac, and one last … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 297 by Teazel”
Times Crossword 26,085
Solving Time: I’m standing in for Pip today. This took me almost 30 minutes; but how much of that is down to me, and how much to the crossword is not clear. It certainly didn’t … Read more “Times Crossword 26,085”
Sloggers & Betters 12
Tuesday 19th May sees the annual Times setters’ lunch, and as usual a gathering has been arranged to hook up with this. Following the office move, we have suggested The George on Borough High Street … Read more “Sloggers & Betters 12”
Quick Cryptic No 296 by Hurley
I didn’t record a time but I guess between 10 and 15 minutes. It started off looking hard but then finished quickly and nothing too tricky. I seem to be reducing my explanations as time … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 296 by Hurley”
Times 26084
26 minutes, so another straightforward solve and the second within my 30 minute target this week, including all the parsing. There’s nothing more to say really so I’ll get straight on with the blog… * … Read more “Times 26084”
Quick Cryptic 295 by Pedro
A pretty straightforward Quicky today with nothing, I think, likely to cause major delays. I’ll give my COD to 14D. Wikipedia tells me that today is the feast day of the Italian Saint Zita who, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 295 by Pedro”
Times 26083 – Ten men, ton men, pen men, pun men!
Solving time: 38 minutes Music: Bruch, Scottish Fantasy, Grumiaux/Wallberg/New Philharmonia This one looks like another rather tough Monday puzzle to me. There are still a couple of clues I haven’t parsed as I start the … Read more “Times 26083 – Ten men, ton men, pen men, pun men!”