Friends, Latinists, Yorkshiremen, lend me your ears. It may not have escaped your notice that I had been a little jaded, verging on sniffy, about the Friday crosswords I’d been blogging of late. But I … Read more “Times 26,513: The Noel Gallagher of Notting Hill”
Day: 9th September 2016
Times Quick Cryptic No 654 by Grumpy Friday 9th September 2016
A very fine and possibly straightforward offering today, by Grumpy, whose pseudonym belies the subtle humour in the puzzle. 8ac and 4d stand out for me in a very good learning puzzle for cryptic solvers. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 654 by Grumpy Friday 9th September 2016”
TLS Crossword 1139 by Broteas – August 19, 2016 A cabinet of curiosities
Another fine offering, which took me heunny naimits. O all right, 79 minutes. And yes, yes, 16 seconds. 22 and 26 were the undeserving holdups, but in truth, by the time I got to them … Read more “TLS Crossword 1139 by Broteas – August 19, 2016 A cabinet of curiosities”