I have a long drive today so hope my fellow bloggers will field any questions. Fortunately the crossword was easy – I took longer trying to get the new format to work on an iPad … Read more “Quick Cryptic 556 by Teazel”
Month: April 2016
Times Cryptic 26396
A fairly straightforward solve completed in 34 minutes, so just 4 minutes over my target time. I don’t think I have ever blogged a puzzle before that didn’t contain a single full anagram and with … Read more “Times Cryptic 26396”
Times 26395 – Seven years a blogger!
Solving time: 26 minutes Music: Tchaikovsky, Symphony #6, Fricsay/Berlin Philharmonic Yes, my first blog was just about seven years ago, April 20, 2009. I was both surprised and thrilled to get the email from our … Read more “Times 26395 – Seven years a blogger!”
Quick Cryptic 555 by Orpheus
I seem to blog an inordinate number of puzzles where hyphens are conspicuous by their presence/absence and today’s crossword doesn’t disappoint in that regard, however I’m getting sufficiently used to such shenanigans that I wasn’t … Read more “Quick Cryptic 555 by Orpheus”
Mephisto 2903 – Paul McKenna
I did this in one fairly short sitting during an break in a play I’m performing in. I have a few question marks around the grid, which usually means gaps in the wordplay, so hopefully … Read more “Mephisto 2903 – Paul McKenna”
Times Saturday 26388 April 16
I’m filling in for Andy as per his request below. I found this one pretty straightforward for a Saturday and completed it in 36 minutes. [I tried posting this several times on Saturday evening but … Read more “Times Saturday 26388 April 16”
Sunday Times 4690 by David McLean – all in the game, yo, all in the game
21:49. I felt I was making heavy weather of this, but I found it very enjoyable. Writing up the blog afterwards I couldn’t for the life of me see what I had found so hard, … Read more “Sunday Times 4690 by David McLean – all in the game, yo, all in the game”
JUMBO 1201 – Me Grim, you Ariadne
Three blogs in and I’d say this was certainly the hardest Jumbo I’ve had to blog so far. Spread over a few days with interruptions and with time taken to parse everything and make notes … Read more “JUMBO 1201 – Me Grim, you Ariadne”
Times 26,393: Snowdonder
I thought this was going to be very easy indeed by Friday standards, as a bunch of answers flew straight in on the first pass, but I ended up getting bogged down in the SW … Read more “Times 26,393: Snowdonder”
TLS 1119 by Broteas, April 1st 2016 – April Food
In a lively, Listener-ish April Fools’ wheeze nine of the solutions are book titles to be entered in the grid with a single-letter misprint. In the clues for these the name of an author points … Read more “TLS 1119 by Broteas, April 1st 2016 – April Food”