Clock stopped at 15:41 for an interesting and not entirely straightforward puzzle – there was a lot of “Hmmm, that rings a bell” with some clues, and more than one answer went in without full … Read more “Times 26,066”
Month: April 2015
Quick Crtyptic No 281 by Izetti
A pleasant offering which took 9 minutes – so, on the easy side but not without interest including the odd bird, a romancer, people from Media (not journalists this time) and some nautical ruminations. Definitions … Read more “Quick Crtyptic No 281 by Izetti”
Times 26065 – A Piece of the Proverbial
A busy morning means I’ll get to this in the afternoon (HK time), so the blog should be up by 9am UK time. Well, that wasn’t too painful. Just 14 minutes, in fact, so expect … Read more “Times 26065 – A Piece of the Proverbial”
Times Quick Cryptic 280 by Orpheus
9 minutes. I think most solvers will find this one fairly straightforward apart from a reference to a somewhat obscure 15th century poet, a French department and a crossword favourite that some newbies may not … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 280 by Orpheus”
Mephisto 2848 by Tim Moorey – Happy Birthday Macnutt
A slightly strange grid with 20 across clues and only 16 down and hence quite a number of 4 letter words. This puzzle appeared on 29th March which was Ximenes’ birthday and I have two … Read more “Mephisto 2848 by Tim Moorey – Happy Birthday Macnutt”
Sunday Times 4635 by Dean Mayer – The Americano
A distinctly stateside flavour this week, with nary a short third man or a jam roly-poly in sight (although we do have a UK TV presenter on parade). Mr. Mayer provides us with a bit … Read more “Sunday Times 4635 by Dean Mayer – The Americano”
Times Jumbo 1139
Happy Easter, everyone! I found this puzzle fairly straightforward, and it didn’t include too many obscure answers or references; I don’t think 25ac is widely used except by anatomists, and I’d not come across 6dn … Read more “Times Jumbo 1139”
Saturday Times 26058 (March 28)
At 26.37 this took me a bit longer than last week’s, for no obvious reason. Some good misdirection, perhaps aimed at fooling the more experienced solvers into thinking they’re looking for the usual crossword cliches. … Read more “Saturday Times 26058 (March 28)”
Times 26,063: If Solving Be The Food Of Love
I entered into debate earlier this week about the generally held opinion that the Friday puzzle is, on average, harder than the rest; today’s did nothing much to help convince me that this is the … Read more “Times 26,063: If Solving Be The Food Of Love”
Quick Cryptic No 279 by Mara
I thought this was a bit harder than the usual quickie, with one or two clues fit for the main puzzle, although now I come to write the explanations it all seems easy enough except … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 279 by Mara”