A smoothly crafted puzzle with good surfaces. With one possible exception it shouldn’t produce any hiccups and there are no real obscurities. The exception is an anomaly in 21a which I don’t recall having seen … Read more “Quick Cryptic 528 by Joker. And a Happy St Patrick’s Day.”
Day: 16th March 2016
Times 26361 – not an antelope
Nothing here to cause equine panic, I feel; 14 minutes for this pleasant but straightforward challenge, with a few more to reflect on the parsing of 9a and 25a. I knew the word for 1a … Read more “Times 26361 – not an antelope”
Quick Cryptic Number 527 by Izetti
A slightly difficult puzzle of the type we’ve come to expect (and, I hope, enjoy) from Izetti. Very precise and misleading, with one or two answers that require complete confidence in having untangled the wordplay … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 527 by Izetti”