Longer to solve than yesterday’s at 11.11 as there were plenty of good clues to get the teeth into. The SW became my final tussle – I wasn’t sure of 15dn but the cluing allowed … Read more “Quick Cryptic 746 by Hurley”
Month: January 2017
Times 26624
This took me 36 minutes but I ended with one careless error at 4ac. I also lost time along the way having biffed wrong answers at 1dn and 17dn which gave me incorrect checkers for … Read more “Times 26624”
Times 26623 – William Bradford needed one!
Solving time: 32 minutes Music: Bach, Cello Suite #3, Harnoncourt At first I thought this was going to be easy, as my first few answers were write-ins. Then I got stuck for a while, and … Read more “Times 26623 – William Bradford needed one!”
Quick Cryptic 745 by Flamande
This is the first time that Flamande has cropped up in my Monday slot, holiday swaps notwithstanding, which is a pleasant surprise given that I’ve been a fan of his puzzles in other places for … Read more “Quick Cryptic 745 by Flamande”
Sunday Times 4728 by Dean Mayer
DNF. I found this generally quite tricky, but had all but two clues solved in something like fifteen minutes. I then spent another ten or fifteen staring in increasing desperation at 12dn and 19dn. I … Read more “Sunday Times 4728 by Dean Mayer”
Mephisto 2941 – Don Manley
Filled this one in without too much fuss, though looking over at the end I’m impressed by the larger blocks in this grid – there’s two 4×3 fully-checked regions of the grid and four 4×2 … Read more “Mephisto 2941 – Don Manley”
Saturday Times 26616 (7th Jan) – the Importance of Knowing One’s Wilde and Doyle
Sorry it’s late today, nearly done by 9am but then an emergency Skype from work meant I had to drop everything and attend to that (especially as it was indirectly my fault last night!). Back … Read more “Saturday Times 26616 (7th Jan) – the Importance of Knowing One’s Wilde and Doyle”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1244
Happy New Year, everyone. Hard on the heels of 1243, here’s 1244, which was published on the 2 January Bank Holiday Monday. I didn’t think this one was too difficult either, but I did note … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1244”
Jumbo 1243
Happy New Year to all(?) my readers This one was published on New Year’s Eve in that strange time between the bank holidays which may explain why it did not feel particularly exciting at the … Read more “Jumbo 1243”
Times 26,621: IT Support
Another superbly well-crafted puzzle about which, tragically, I have left myself not enough time to wax properly lyrical about this morning! So it’s going to have to be an “over to you lot in the … Read more “Times 26,621: IT Support”