29:12. Another absolutely superb puzzle from Dean Mayer this week. I found it very tough, but a real delight to solve. As so often seems to be the case, I spent absolutely ages on my … Read more “Sunday Times 4716 by Dean Mayer”
Month: October 2016
Mephisto 2929 – Tim Moorey
I found this one on the gentler end of the Mephisto spectrum – in most cases the first piece of wordplay that sprung to mind ended up being the correct approach to the answer – … Read more “Mephisto 2929 – Tim Moorey”
Jumbo 1230
A puzzle of average difficulty but containing enough interesting vocab to entertain. I won’t have easy access to the Internet from now until Tuesday afternoon but rest assured I will address any questions/comments then if … Read more “Jumbo 1230”
Saturday Times 26544 (15th Oct)
13:40 on a printout, but with one silly error. I put BUTTING IN at 19ac before I had any checkers (not that it would have made any difference), meaning to go back to it and … Read more “Saturday Times 26544 (15th Oct)”
Times 26,549: Even Stevens
A puzzle on the EVE of the Times Crossword Championship wherein a suspiciously vast majority of the enumerations are EVEN? A lesser blogger might not discern a Nina in that, but I’ve been at this … Read more “Times 26,549: Even Stevens”
TIMES QUICK CRYPTIC NO 684 by Hurley Friday 21st October 2016
TIMES QUICK CRYPTIC NO 684 by Hurley Friday 21st October 2016 “And every one of them words rang true…” The more blogging I do, the more I realize how difficult the setter’s art is. Consider … Read more “TIMES QUICK CRYPTIC NO 684 by Hurley Friday 21st October 2016”
TLS Crossword 1144 by Talos – September 30, 2016
Some quite tricky stuff here and in a couple of cases it was a longish time before I heard the ka-ching. It’s not that I find the Talos puzzles easier than the others but they … Read more “TLS Crossword 1144 by Talos – September 30, 2016”
Quick cryptic No 683 by Joker
I don’t mind admitting that this took me 24 minutes this morning, so is far more difficult than usual, or my mind has been stolen by someone. It might also be due to the large … Read more “Quick cryptic No 683 by Joker”
Times 26548 – a fractured fairy tale
Solving time : 11:27, and I was the first one in on the club timer. Could have been a bit quicker if I knew how to spell, as a poor spelling of 7 down (since … Read more “Times 26548 – a fractured fairy tale”
Times 26547 – a melange
I found this a strange puzzle, because it offered a mixture of dead-easy quickie-type clues and much trickier ones which would have been hard to see without the checkers from the write-ins. With 1a and … Read more “Times 26547 – a melange”