Solving time: No official time. Music: None, the playoff at the Player’s. This must have been pretty easy, because I was paying very little attention to the puzzle and completed it in about 20 minutes … Read more “Times 26095 – Measured again, found wanting?”
Month: May 2015
Quick Cryptic 305 by Tracy
I thought this was one was of average difficulty, though I’m not sure how well known the answers to 10A and 14A will be. Nothing that blew my socks off here, but nothing objectionable either. … Read more “Quick Cryptic 305 by Tracy”
Mephisto 2853 – Don Manley
A little bit behind and shall we say “under the weather” (the weather in this case being a bottle of Beefeaters). Blog likely to appear early Sunday afternoon UK time. And we’re back. I had … Read more “Mephisto 2853 – Don Manley”
Sunday Times 4640 by Jeff Pearce
15:29. I started quickly on this but then it put up some resistance towards the end. There were one or two things I didn’t know but the wordplay was fair and clear in all cases. … Read more “Sunday Times 4640 by Jeff Pearce”
Saturday Times 26088 (2nd May)
Solving time 14:50, on the train on Thursday night! It was a busy Bank Holiday weekend for me, so I had quite a backlog to get through in this week’s commute. Finally finished the May … Read more “Saturday Times 26088 (2nd May)”
Jumbo 1145
Apart from a couple of unknown words, I found this one of average difficulty, at least in terms of coming up with the answers, however some of the parsings were not immediately obvious and there … Read more “Jumbo 1145”
Quick Cryptic No 304 by Teazel – nice work
Some clever and witty clues here, on the more difficult end of the Quickie spectrum I think, but nothing obscure or unfair. Only one dodgy definition, in my view; see 5a. Across 1 LOGGIA – … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 304 by Teazel – nice work”
Times 26,093: Pangram Denied
Oh go on then, I might as well post this now, given that I’m still up and watching that which must not be mentioned on TV. I stopped the clock on this very serviceable puzzle … Read more “Times 26,093: Pangram Denied”
Times Quick Cryptic 303 by Joker
This blog was bunged together in haste as Macavity is running late at hospital and requested assitance. Given the limited time available to me I have not been able to include the clues but I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 303 by Joker”
Times 26092 – international incident
Solving time : 9:30 on the club timer, so I found this one pretty straightforward, though it helped I’d seen a few of the less English words recently. This is one of the more intriguing … Read more “Times 26092 – international incident”