This trundled along quite nicely until the end, where I spent several minutes on the 43A and 44D intersection. Liked the inventor/pasta incident at 7D. Across 1 DECKCHAIR – I inside DECK (floor) + CHAR … Read more “Jumbo 1165”
Month: September 2015
Times 26,201: Sipping Napoleon Brandy With The Jet Set
This was a pretty tough puzzle if the current state of the Club Leaderboard is anything to go by – can’t say I didn’t make heavy weather of it myself, sailing past the 20 minute … Read more “Times 26,201: Sipping Napoleon Brandy With The Jet Set”
Quick Cryptic No 394 by Orpheus
Easier, I think, than the last couple of Fridays I’ve covered; a 5 minute write-in, with only two anagrams and one hidden word clue to chew on. A fair test for cryptic solvers on the … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 394 by Orpheus”
Quick Cryptic 393 by Hurley
[Posted at 11:55: As noon approaches I’m not sure if today’s Quickie is covered. If there’s no news of it by 1:00 I shall post an emergency blog] Posted at 13:18 9 minutes for this … Read more “Quick Cryptic 393 by Hurley”
Times 26200 – rising to satiate an itch
Solving time : Hmm – I submitted this at 16:08 on the club timer, after agonizing over the last three for about 5 minutes and am now told I have three incorrect entries. I can … Read more “Times 26200 – rising to satiate an itch”
Quick Cryptic No 392 by Tracy
A puzzle at the easier end of the QC spectrum, I thought, but with a few clues that needed a bit of unravelling (e.g. 1ac). No obscurities, assuming you are familiar with the poet featured … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 392 by Tracy”
Times 26199
The PDMs were a bit slow to arrive this morning after watching too many hours of cricket and tennis last night (Aussies fall short this time!). This took me 30 minutes to finish, hopefully all … Read more “Times 26199”
Quick Cryptic No 391 by Alconiere
An unusual setter (I’m not implying the setter is odd in any way – simply that I can only find 2 previous puzzles) with some unusual vocabulary to match. There’s also some challenging word play, … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 391 by Alconiere”
Times 26198
This one took me 35 minutes so I’ve got off quite lightly in my swap with Tim who’s on holiday today. As usual I’ve put deletions in curly brackets and added a few indicators in … Read more “Times 26198”
Times 26197 – Oh, rapture! The bloody train has finally come!
Solving time: 26 minutes Music: Coltrane, Giant Steps I thought this puzzle was going to be really easy, as I entered the first six or seven answers at a very rapid clip. While it was … Read more “Times 26197 – Oh, rapture! The bloody train has finally come!”