An enjoyable puzzle, not too stretching which was probably a good thing as I tackled it whilst nursing both a hangover and a dancing injury incurred during the previous night’s revelry. A couple of unknowns … Read more “Sunday Times 4727 by Jeff Pearce”
Month: January 2017
Jumbo 1242 Boxing Day, 2016
Apparently this one took me just over an hour, and I assume I solved it during one of the extended rain delays in the cricket, but it all seems to have been lost in the … Read more “Jumbo 1242 Boxing Day, 2016”
Saturday Times 26610 – New Year’s Eve Cracker
This was a really good puzzle, and I wish my blog could do better justice to it. I think it took me around 20 minutes, on the train home sometime in the week. The good … Read more “Saturday Times 26610 – New Year’s Eve Cracker”
TIMES JUMBO 1241
Gosh, has it really been two weeks since Christmas Eve? This took well under an hour with distractions – I was expecting something a bit chewier for the festive season. First in was OBSTREPEROUS but … Read more “TIMES JUMBO 1241”
Quick Cryptic 739 by Rongo
5:47 to complete this one. So that’s four more or less standard Quickies in a row after Izetti started the year off with a bang on Monday. Nice offering this from Rongo, with a variety … Read more “Quick Cryptic 739 by Rongo”
Times 26,615: ★
What a pleasure and privilege to be blogging this superb anniversary-or-thereabouts puzzle, one of the best and hardest to have fallen to me in ages; and it even comes with a Nina, or should I … Read more “Times 26,615: ★”
TLS Crossword 1155 by Broteas – December 16, 2016
I had a bash at this on the morning it came out and got almost nowhere. I came back to it this week and, in truth, found it a real slog. The Miller book and … Read more “TLS Crossword 1155 by Broteas – December 16, 2016”
Times Cryptic 26614 – January 5, 2017 Take two
Much harder than the grid posted on the time warped Club site, at least for me, though I was solving on my smart phone, an experience akin to keyhole surgery. As with next Monday’s puzzle, … Read more “Times Cryptic 26614 – January 5, 2017 Take two”
15 x15 puzzle Thursday 5th January
Due to an error at the Times, the cryptic puzzle published in Thursday’s newspaper and accessed via the online newspaper was different from the one that appeared on the Club site and it was the … Read more “15 x15 puzzle Thursday 5th January”
Times Quick Cryptic No 738 by Mara
I think this was towards the harder end of things, so I was happy to come in at the 13 minute mark. Some tricky clues, some generous checker-providers, some cracking clues, and lots of lovely … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 738 by Mara”