Hello there! My name’s RolyToly and I’ll be filling in for Olivia for a bit, doing alternate Thursdays. As you might guess from the messed up format, this is my first attempt at blogging an … Read more “Quick Cryptic 538 by Mara”
Month: March 2016
26374 If only I’d remembered who talked to the animals
There are, in my opinion, a couple of nasty little traps in this one, one of which I fell headlong into to continue a run of sub-600 scores. In the process of producing this report, … Read more “26374 If only I’d remembered who talked to the animals”
Quick Cryptic Number 537 by Izetti
The hardest for a while in my book. Although the first few went in quickly, the majority required concentrated effort, and I was finally held up for several minutes by Bible Corner (16dn, 19dn, 22ac), … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 537 by Izetti”
Times 26373
Placeholder – Wednesday’s blog may be a little delayed as I have to make an early morning visit before tackling the puzzle. If a fellow blogger would like to volunteer to do Wed 13th April … Read more “Times 26373”
Quick Cryptic 536 by Tracy
Something of a struggle today – 17 minutes and a final slip at 14ac making a DNF. The bottom half of the grid came together slowly but it wasn’t until 3dn finally clicked that the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 536 by Tracy”
Times Cryptic 26372
I finished this in only a minute under the hour but I really don’t know why it took so long, as when it came to blogging I found it one of the most straightforward that … Read more “Times Cryptic 26372”
Times 26371 – A quaaltagh, eh?
Solving time: 43 minutes Music: Rimsky-Korsakov, Symphony #2, I was all done in 30 minutes….except for two. Unfortunately, they proved strangely elusive, and in the end had to be tracked down through the alphabetical-search method, … Read more “Times 26371 – A quaaltagh, eh?”
Quick Cryptic 535 by Grumpy
Nothing particularly taxing about this one with my only pause at 3D, where the wordplay was clear enough even if the answer wasn’t familiar to me. So thanks to Grumpy for a gentle start to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 535 by Grumpy”
JUMBO 1196
As the recently departed Keith Emerson used to play along to, welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. I solved this the day after publication after a long drive and with much … Read more “JUMBO 1196”
Mephisto 2899, Tim Moorey
Rather a surprise – my brother’s family is visiting this weekend on pretty short notice, so I haven’t written up the Mephisto yet. I hope to have it done by mid-afternoon Sunday UK time, in … Read more “Mephisto 2899, Tim Moorey”