I found this one something of a slog at the time, with a slew of unknowns and not much in the way of humour, but going through it again there were some deceptive surface readings … Read more “Jumbo 1225”
Month: September 2016
Quick Cryptic 659 by Pedro
Nice medium difficulty puzzle I think, though other opinions are, as always, very welcome. Took me just over seven minutes. A quick word today on definitions. The key to finding the solution to a cryptic … Read more “Quick Cryptic 659 by Pedro”
Times 26,519: Walpole Position
I won’t beat around the bush: I pretty much adored this crossword, to the point where my good mood wasn’t even dented by somehow typing the “R” and “Y” of 6dn in the wrong order, … Read more “Times 26,519: Walpole Position”
Times Quick Cryptic No 658 by Joker
This was a lovely puzzle from Joker – a good range of difficulty in the clues and some very inventive ones to boot. I particularly liked 17ac: not a double definition, not a triple, not … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 658 by Joker”
TImes 26518 – flying fingers meet fat fingers.
Solving time : Well I checked it over and hit submit pretty briskly I thought – then checked the leaderboard, and I flew through this in 6:29 and had two mistakes. Gak! I loaded it … Read more “TImes 26518 – flying fingers meet fat fingers.”
Times 26517 – confessions of a hero-inventor
This morning our Orange Livebox and ADSL were very sluggish to wake up, after last night’s electric storm and promised rain (at last, but not enough), and so was I; it took me forty minutes … Read more “Times 26517 – confessions of a hero-inventor”
Quick Cryptic 657 by Hurley
Having drafted this blog neatly, I forgot to post it before leaving for work! Apologies for the rushed nature of the subsequent post – I will replace it with the full version this evening. I … Read more “Quick Cryptic 657 by Hurley”
Quick Cryptic 656 by Orpheus
10 minutes to solve the crossword then and a lot more to follow up the various interesting leads into the English language. Highly enjoyable with nothing too difficult – thanks Orpheus. ACROSS 1. Cathedral – … Read more “Quick Cryptic 656 by Orpheus”
Times Cryptic 26516
I found some of this quite hard and needed more than one session on it so I was not altogether displeased with my total solving time of 48 minutes. I didn’t much care for 18dn … Read more “Times Cryptic 26516”
Times 26515 – Just chilling out in the hood with the West Staines massiv
A quick look at the Crossword site scorecard shows a lot of singletons, error wise, which I am assuming (though very probably wrongly) to owe more to the Ashford clue than to the pianist clue. … Read more “Times 26515 – Just chilling out in the hood with the West Staines massiv”