Following Rob’s departure from his alternate Friday slot I am covering for one week until Galspray takes on all Friday QCs on his return from Japan. We have a rather unusual grid today in which … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 774 by Teazel”
Month: February 2017
TLS Crossword 1161 – Three down by Praxiteles – February 3, 2017
This was an unusually (for the Times) political puzzle. No complaints mind you, I found it thoroughly enjoyable. There are some time capsule elements to it that made it helpful to have been around in … Read more “TLS Crossword 1161 – Three down by Praxiteles – February 3, 2017”
Quick cryptic No 773 by Orpheus
Good puzzle with some nice surfaces. I don’t have an accurate time, as I got up at 3:00 am to get this done before heading north on the M1, and wasn’t awake enough to remember … Read more “Quick cryptic No 773 by Orpheus”
Times 26656 – are you living up to the measure of your 11?
Solving time : 9:37 – I thought this was a rather fun and neat crossword, with everything going in on a first or second pass through the clues and no real holdups. My last in … Read more “Times 26656 – are you living up to the measure of your 11?”
Times 26655 – two fish, no antelope, no plants.
A good puzzle nearly as amusing as yesterday’s, I thought, with no unknown words or poor clues. Around 25 minutes by the time I’d decided I could parse it all. I thought 17d had a … Read more “Times 26655 – two fish, no antelope, no plants.”
Quick Cryptic 772 by Hurley
I found this one fairly straightforward – most of it wrapped up in the time it took me to eat a sausage roll in a car park whilst en route to a funeral – with … Read more “Quick Cryptic 772 by Hurley”
Quick Cryptic 771 by Flamande
I’m really pleased to have been on blog duty for this one. Solving took 8 minutes (so a good quick QC) but compiling the blog allowed me to fully relish some of the clues. I’d … Read more “Quick Cryptic 771 by Flamande”
Times Number 26654
This one took me over an hour having got myself completely stuck on 20d and 29ac As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other … Read more “Times Number 26654”
Times 26653 – Braying Blumenthals
I thought this was a very pleasant little number, which I completed in 24 minutes with the unseen but immanent assistance of Hilarius of Poitiers, as I semi-biffed my last one, the plant at 9 … Read more “Times 26653 – Braying Blumenthals”
Times Quick Cryptic 770 by Tracy
I just came in under the wire with a few seconds to spare to meet my 10 minute target. The final 2 minutes had been spent on 16dn – more on that later – and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 770 by Tracy”