Not too difficult, but every time I look at 24D I get annoyed as one part of the wordplay is incorrect. I know the location well and the error is glaring to me. There also … Read more “Jumbo 1233”
Month: November 2016
Times 26,567: Fairytale Politics
R.I.P. Leonard Cohen, to whom I have a special reason to be thankful because, without having invited Tessa down to Seattle on the “wrong” weekend in 2009 that time, under the pretext of having two … Read more “Times 26,567: Fairytale Politics”
Quick Cryptic 699 by Hawthorn
This one from Hawthorn took me 7:45, so I’m going to guess it was just slightly on the difficult side of average. Your mileage may vary, of course. Enjoyable crossword with a nice variety of … Read more “Quick Cryptic 699 by Hawthorn”
TLS Crossword 1147 by Broteas – October 21, 2016
I found this a particularly entertaining one and got off at a tremendous clip thinking I’d make one of my rare under-30-minute appearances because I had the top and bottom across pairs almost right away … Read more “TLS Crossword 1147 by Broteas – October 21, 2016”
Quick cryptic No 698 by Pedro
I am standing in for Roly today, and the blog isn’t late because I forgot (honest), but because of a bit of a crisis at work this morning. Nice puzzle this morning from Pedro, which … Read more “Quick cryptic No 698 by Pedro”
Times Cryptic 26566 – November 10, 2016. Here is the news.
Quite a lot of this one reads like a cryptic series of headlines on the affairs of the day, though whether that’s deliberate on the part of the setter or the imaginings of the shell-shocked … Read more “Times Cryptic 26566 – November 10, 2016. Here is the news.”
Times 26565 – a brief distraction, ho hum.
I’ll try not to rabbit on too much, but no parrot has ever been as sick as I feel. Aside from any personal losses, arising first from the Brexit vote and now from the most … Read more “Times 26565 – a brief distraction, ho hum.”
Quick Cryptic 697 by Mara
I had to put this down and come back to it a couple of times before I started getting anywhere with it. The NW was the last corner to yield; all but 3dn, anyway, which … Read more “Quick Cryptic 697 by Mara”
Times Cryptic Number 26564
Once again I have no accurate time for this as I nodded off for an unspecified period, but some of it was quite tricky and I don’t think I would have hit my target 30 … Read more “Times Cryptic Number 26564”
Quick Cryptic 696 by Tracy
A good mixture of easy clues to populate the grid and then some much more interesting constructions to grapple with. Lots of clever cluing – 5ac, particularly, took me some time post-solve before the now-but-not-then … Read more “Quick Cryptic 696 by Tracy”