Aren’t I lucky? I get Myrtilus again to unravel, and as before there are plenty of delights along the way and no errors either in arty facts or artefacts to complain about. There are more … Read more “TLS Crossword 1121 by Myrtilus, April 15, 2016 Can you ‘&lit?”
Month: May 2016
Quick cryptic No 563 by Hawthorn
Some very nicely compact cluing today, with a nice mix of double definitions, anagrams, hidden and reverse hidden clues, using most of the weapons available in the Setter’s arsenal. This took me 18 minutes today, … Read more “Quick cryptic No 563 by Hawthorn”
Times 26404: people, places and things!
Solving time : 22:30, which has me first on the club timer, though it is early days. I struggled mightily with this one and was on the verge of looking up a few of the … Read more “Times 26404: people, places and things!”
Times 26,403: Going To Hull In A Handbasket, Or Thereabouts
I will keep it brief for once as between covering for Pip this week and doing a TLS blog next week, in addition to my regular Fridays, you’ll get sick of me otherwise. A mostly … Read more “Times 26,403: Going To Hull In A Handbasket, Or Thereabouts”
Quick Cryptic 562 by Hurley
Don’t know about you, but I found this a bit of a strange experience. Quick first whizz down the Across clues only yielded a couple, and I started to get worried! Then a quick whizz … Read more “Quick Cryptic 562 by Hurley”
Times 26391 – first Championship Qualifier published 20 April 2016
Apparently as the regular Wednesday blogger I am in line to blog this as well as the 1963 retro puzzle 230363 which appeared that day. Now the answers are published I expect there is little … Read more “Times 26391 – first Championship Qualifier published 20 April 2016”
Quick Cryptic 561 by Joker
Not much time to blog today so this is about as brief as it gets. A good, accessible crossword though – there should be plenty of completers today. My time was 13 minutes. Hopefully other … Read more “Quick Cryptic 561 by Joker”
Times Cryptic 26402 – y’ere ’tis
Some of this was quite hard. I solved all but one clue (28ac) in 30 minutes but after a further 10 I gave up and cheated to find a word that I have never heard … Read more “Times Cryptic 26402 – y’ere ’tis”
TImes 26,401
This will be as minimal as a Derek Jarman film, I’m afraid, as it’s Labour Day here and we are going out for yum cha. 43 minutes, good enough for last place on the leaderboard … Read more “TImes 26,401”
Quick Cryptic 560 by Mara
I’ve found some of Mara’s puzzles on the tricky side in the past but glancing back at recent ones they have seemed easier of late and this one continues that trend. I shall be interested … Read more “Quick Cryptic 560 by Mara”