Some of you may have seen a TLS report earlier, that’s no longer visible. It was about TLS crossword 1138 (mistakenly “1139” in the header), and was a week too early. As I’m the owner … Read more “TLS Report today”
Month: August 2016
Times 26,501: Llamrei or Hengroen
Hello, I’m back, did I miss anything, did you miss me? The better part of a week in Amsterdam, mostly crossword-free, has blunted my abilities rather, and so I took a whole ten minutes over … Read more “Times 26,501: Llamrei or Hengroen”
Times Quick Cryptic No 644 by Hawthorn Friday, 26 August 2016
This is a fine Friday QC offering from our esteemed Puzzles editor, an excellent start to the Bank Holiday weekend. Although finished in just under eleven minutes, I found more and more to comment on … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 644 by Hawthorn Friday, 26 August 2016”
Quick Cryptic No 643 by Tracy
This started quickly and finished slow for me, with the left-hand side of the grid being completed before any significant incursion into the right-hand side. It took about 15 minutes, so for some reason was … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 643 by Tracy”
Times 26500 – feeling like a 5 down
Solving time : 21:05 – for a moment I didn’t think I was going to finish this one, then got a flash of inspiration that solved 10 across which helped the last few fall all … Read more “Times 26500 – feeling like a 5 down”
Times 26499 – no wise fish would go anywhere without one…
Tranquillity reigns this morning in the household, having dispatched the little ones on to EasyJet yesterday (including over half an hour queuing in 37 degrees of blistering sun waiting to get inside the overcrowded, cheapskate … Read more “Times 26499 – no wise fish would go anywhere without one…”
Quick Cryptic 642 by Joker
An elegant puzzle today from Joker, a delightful man I had the pleasure of meeting at the TfTT anniversary shindig last November. A couple of bits of GK required (nothing too taxing, I’d have thought) … Read more “Quick Cryptic 642 by Joker”
Quick Cryptic 641 by Felix
What an excellent QUICK cryptic. It was quick – 7.47 which may be a record but also full of humour. Several stand out – my favourites being 10dn and 21ac.Thanks for a great start to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 641 by Felix”
Times Cryptic 26498
I found this one quite hard but resolved it eventually without resorting to aids in 50 minutes parsing as I went. Here’s my blog… As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions are in … Read more “Times Cryptic 26498”
Times 26497 – We’re Not All Rob Roys
Not a personal best, but my 26’59” sees me on the first page of the leaderboard, ahead of certain luminaries, who shall remain nameless. (Hint: They have been known to finish faster than Jason.) It … Read more “Times 26497 – We’re Not All Rob Roys”