Another lovely puzzle from Izetti, this. Unfortunately I made a complete hash of it: two non-entries and what turned out to be a mistake after 20 minutes. “Putech” for 1ac definitely didn’t look like a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 628 by Izetti”
Month: August 2016
Times Cryptic 26482 – August 4, 2016 A Tale of Two…
24 minutes dead for this, with a lot of Responsible Commentator checking on the way. A lot of this was solved in a fragmentary way: I had several probable bits of clues in divers places … Read more “Times Cryptic 26482 – August 4, 2016 A Tale of Two…”
Times 26481 – Saucepangram
Feeling sluggish this morning, probably from too much sun yesterday golfing in mid 30’s heat, I was not optimistic, putting it off until after my first coffee instead of the solve-with-tea-in-bed routine. However, the little … Read more “Times 26481 – Saucepangram”
Quick Cryptic Number 627 by Breadman
A great little crossword, only the second from this setter, I think. Just enough uncommon vocabulary to encourage confidence in unscrambling the wordplay, and many devices that could be taken at least two different ways. … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 627 by Breadman”
Quick Cryptic 626 by Orpheus
I seem to be on Orpheus watch – having had the pleasure of blogging one last week. There’s a lot of cleverness here as well. Look out for lots of abbreviations and a flock of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 626 by Orpheus”
Times Cryptic 26480
50 minutes for this one which was enjoyable enough to solve but when I came to blog it I was struck by a run of very general definitions that spoiled the feel of it for … Read more “Times Cryptic 26480”
Times 26479 – The ramifications of orthography
Solving time: 40 minutes Music: Coltrane, Giant Steps After struggling a little with the Saturday and Sunday puzzles, I was expecting something easy. However, this puzzle proved to be a bit of a challenge, with … Read more “Times 26479 – The ramifications of orthography”
Quick Cryptic 625 by Teazel
This puzzle had a slightly odd feel, being generally of average difficulty but shot through with more than a few potential pitfalls in the shape of uncommon bits of vocab such as 14A, 2D, 17D, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 625 by Teazel”