I must confess to rather a lot of biffing in this puzzle, though obviously having to write a blog for it meant that the parsing had to be faced at some point. A couple of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 605 by Rongo”
Month: July 2016
Sunday Times 4700 by Jeff Pearce – cushty
9:59. Pretty straightforward stuff from Jeff Pearce this week, but enjoyable for all that: I thought this was a very neatly put-together puzzle. Some easy clues, but also a smattering of things that were new … Read more “Sunday Times 4700 by Jeff Pearce – cushty”
Mephisto 2913 – Don Manley
Took me a little longer to get into this puzzle, and kind of worked my way from the bottom up. There was one entry that struck me on the right hand side as looking very … Read more “Mephisto 2913 – Don Manley”
Saturday Times 26448 (25th June)
10:24 for this one, although when I looked at the Forum comments afterwards I found everyone saying how easy it was. Still, under two Magoos is good enough for me! More than the usual number … Read more “Saturday Times 26448 (25th June)”
Jumbo 1213
I was away on holiday when this one came out so solved it in an unusual fashion – looking at an iPad screen and writing the answers down on a separate pad. Not recommended but … Read more “Jumbo 1213”
Times Jumbo 1211
I bet you didn’t even notice that this is nearly two weeks late. If I’m wrong, and you’ve been lurking at the top of the stairs brandishing a rolling pin, waiting for me to bring … Read more “Times Jumbo 1211”
Times 26,453: Sailing The Sees (And Teas)
I took exactly 9 minutes over this puzzle, which I thought was perfectly pitched Friday fare: none of the wordplay was particularly difficult to decrypt, but equally the solver was credited with enough intelligence to … Read more “Times 26,453: Sailing The Sees (And Teas)”
Quick Cryptic 604 by Oran
Favourite clue 6d, with 10a a close runner up. LOI 9a for no good reason!Thank you Oran. Across 1 Sensitive skin’s also something dangerously absorbent: QUICKSAND Sensitive skin’s = QUICKS, also = AND 6 Sink … Read more “Quick Cryptic 604 by Oran”