Thank you to Pip for coming to the rescue last week. I should now be up and running for the foreseeable.A good workout this week, with just a couple of clues causing a bit of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 459 by Oran”
Month: December 2015
Quick Cryptic 458 by Teazel
Access is here, if not through the usual channels: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/puzzles/crossword/20151210/11393/ 10 minutes for this one. In a hurry, so here goes. Across 1 PAINFULLY – PA (dad), IN (at home), FULLY (completely). Def: with some … Read more “Quick Cryptic 458 by Teazel”
26278, in which much is owed to Billy Joe, Gollum, J. R. Hartley, and Shakespeare
….not to mention Herman Melville, Jill Mansell, Michael Crichton and Harriet Beecher Stowe. And the man who wrote “any time not spent on love is wasted.” Which rather puts us logophiles firmly in our place, … Read more “26278, in which much is owed to Billy Joe, Gollum, J. R. Hartley, and Shakespeare”
Times Championship 2015: Prelim Two, puzzle three.
For me, the most enjoyable but hardest of the three in this set, 25 minutes, although hopefully I have it correct; no repeat of last week’s embarrassing NIT NOT NUT nonsense. (How’s that for alliterative … Read more “Times Championship 2015: Prelim Two, puzzle three.”
Quick Cryptic Number 457 by Grumpy
A proper laugh-out-load crossword with many of those penny dropping moments. Easily my favourite for some time. No obscure vocabulary, but plenty of deceptive wordplay and wit. Thank you, Grumpy. Due to my not being … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 457 by Grumpy”
Quick Cryptic No 456 by Izetti
At the recent anniversary do I highly enjoyed the company of a lot of 12acs and 13dns but must have missed out on the limerick session. To make up: This blogger who quite likes a … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 456 by Izetti”
Times Cryptic 26276
45 minutes for this pangram with much time lost towards the end in the NE corner where progress was hampered by having OVERALL MAJORITY at 7dn. This seemed to parse reasonably well on my first … Read more “Times Cryptic 26276”
Times 26275 – Unhinged Treachery
Simpler even than your average Monday, so long as you trust the wordplay for an Irish nationalist and a boiled sweet – or happen to know them from real and/or cruciverbal life. Sadly, my time … Read more “Times 26275 – Unhinged Treachery”
Quick Cryptic 455 by Mara
A puzzle that provided a couple of moments of amusement without proving overly taxing, which is generally how I like them. Perhaps only the card game is not in everyone’s vocabulary, but the wordplay for … Read more “Quick Cryptic 455 by Mara”
T4TT 10th Anniversary Crosswords
As promised, we have a couple of specially compiled crosswords available to celebrate the 10th Anniversary. These were handed round at last night’s 10th Anniversary parties in London and New York, but if you couldn’t … Read more “T4TT 10th Anniversary Crosswords”