40 minutes for this one, a pleasant piece of work with the happy knack of making you believe you actually knew stuff by providing accessible wordplay to answers on the fringe of memory. The crossword … Read more “TLS Crossword 1136 by – erm – let me think about it – ah yes, Talos – July 29, 2016”
Day: 18th August 2016
Times Quick Cryptic No 638 by Flamande
A really enjoyable puzzle from Flamande. I came in around 15 mins, so maybe a bit harder than average. I came a bit of a cropper at 21ac, happily bunging in “resort” for “reorganise religious … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 638 by Flamande”
Times Cryptic 26494 – August 18, 2016 So that’s what it means.
You need to know some stuff for this one at a level almost consistent with a TLS. Past brushes with Greek, Italian/music, Arabic, classic literature, various religious texts and French anti tech practices might come … Read more “Times Cryptic 26494 – August 18, 2016 So that’s what it means.”