As it happens I drew Hurley as the setter last week too. This is a well composed puzzle with some good surfaces and concise clueing. Nothing tricky or unfair. I recycled the Whister’s Mother userpic … Read more “Quick Cryptic 518 by Hurley”
Day: 2nd March 2016
Times 26349 – a curate’s egg
Apologies for the slightly late blog. A gentle 25 minutes to solve and parse this offering, with concentration hampered by the cleaning lady vacuuming around me (not on her usual day this week). Then the … Read more “Times 26349 – a curate’s egg”
Quick Cryptic Number 517 by Felix
Continuing the run of not-too-tricky quickies today, my only real hold up was 1ac (causing a bit of a groan when the penny dropped). Plenty of clearly signposted anagrams, nice surface readings, etc. Thanks setter. … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 517 by Felix”