What I’m sure should have been a pleasant, not too difficult (for a Friday) solve was slightly marred by some bad enumerations in the SW. Fortunately I wasn’t stymied for too long by ORNA-MENT, but … Read more “Times 26,381: There’s No Crying In Baseball”
Month: April 2016
Quick Cryptic 544 by Joker
Many nice surface readings in this week’s offerings – my favourites 14d and 18a. If one is going for a quick solve it’s easy to lose sight of the clue as a whole and that’s … Read more “Quick Cryptic 544 by Joker”
TLS Crossword 1117 by Praxiteles. March 18, 2016
Herewith the debut blog for the weekly TLS puzzles. Your bloggers will be Zabadak, Sotira and Verlaine in tandem, and me – all in rotation. Some years ago Tony Sever and Linxit blogged these here … Read more “TLS Crossword 1117 by Praxiteles. March 18, 2016”
Quick Cryptic 543 by Dazzler
Something of a musical theme today, which isn’t my strong point, but I still managed to get this done in 12 minutes. This is my first blog, so please be gentle with me. I struggled … Read more “Quick Cryptic 543 by Dazzler”
Times 26380 – the crossword that came to dinner
Solving time : According to the club timer, 27:46, but there is a bit of a story here. I’m in dress rehearsals for a production of The Man Who Came To Dinner and I finally … Read more “Times 26380 – the crossword that came to dinner”
Times 26379 – Gaping gaps here, to whit.
After yesterday’s amazing NINA I finished this, parsed, in 17 minutes and spent a couple searching for another, to no avail; the day you get one is of course the day you don’t think to … Read more “Times 26379 – Gaping gaps here, to whit.”
Quick Cryptic 542 by Pedro
Maybe it was just me, but I found this one quite an odd experience. For me, it was one where the answers flowed in easily enough (no obscure GK or unusual words) but where the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 542 by Pedro”
Quick Cryptic 541 by Orpheus
A mainly easy crossword with a couple of knotty clues and an unusual number of hyphenated words thrown in. 10 minutes. I’ve kept the blog brief – we’re all lined up ready to field any … Read more “Quick Cryptic 541 by Orpheus”
Times Cryptic 26378
I solved this in 43 minutes but by contrast with the easy time I had of things last week, I found this was one of the most awkward blogs to write that I can remember. … Read more “Times Cryptic 26378”
Times 26377 – Though I Dream in Vain
Some bridge, some baseball, some golf, but not a cricketing clue in sight. Thank the Lord for small mercies, then, after watching England just a Brathwaite away from Twenty20 glory. Sometimes I wonder why I … Read more “Times 26377 – Though I Dream in Vain”