Mine was a fairly uninspiring performance in solving what was a light and breezy puzzle. Nothing in particular held me up, just not in the groove, I suspect. I had to wait until blogging to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 767 by Mara”
Month: February 2017
Quick Cryptic 766 by Orpheus
Some unusual vocabulary/use of terms to be found in some definitions (11ac, 12dn, 13ac and 20ac) but all clued so that they couldn’t really be anything else. These gave me the additional pleasure of diving … Read more “Quick Cryptic 766 by Orpheus”
Times 26648
I’ve no proper time to offer for this because after a very good start I lost concentration, became bogged down and nodded off. On resumption it came together easily enough but from start to finish, … Read more “Times 26648”
Quick Cryptic 765 by Teazel
I thought this puzzle was on the easier side, with no show-stoppingly obscure words or convoluted parsings. The grid for this one has good Nina potential with the unchecked letters in the leftmost and rightmost … Read more “Quick Cryptic 765 by Teazel”
Times 26647 – Whatever letters are left….
Solving time: 24 minutes Music: Grieg, Piano Concerto, Rubinstein/Wallenstein When I first ran through the clues of this puzzle, I thought I was in for a tough time. I could not see a single answer … Read more “Times 26647 – Whatever letters are left….”
Sunday Times 4732 by David McLean – leave the gun
13:30. Another fairly straightforward puzzle this week, so another week in which I have avoided silly error. There seem to be quite a few straightforward anagrams in this one, and there is nothing terribly obscure. … Read more “Sunday Times 4732 by David McLean – leave the gun”
Mephisto 2945 – Tim Moorey
I made a cracking start on this one and then slowed down to a crawl at the end having to trawl through Chambers for a few of the shorter words, and fix a few confident … Read more “Mephisto 2945 – Tim Moorey”
Saturday Times 26640 – 4th Feb. In at the deep end!
Hello all – this is my first go as an official blogger. Big shoes to fill – thanks, Andy! With my fears aroused by Andy’s parting words (“this Saturday’s was a stinker – looks like … Read more “Saturday Times 26640 – 4th Feb. In at the deep end!”
Jumbo 1248
Straightforward, but with some good clues to the longer solutions Across 1 STAMINA – ANIMAT(e)S = cheers up, reversed 5 TURNSPIT – if you TURN SPIT you get TIPS 9 TORPID – TOR = peak, … Read more “Jumbo 1248”
Times 26,645: Martyred Slaves of Time
After flamethrowing the candle earlier in the week it seemed prudent to get an early night on Thursday and tackle this first thing in the a.m. My brain is rarely functioning at its most smoothly … Read more “Times 26,645: Martyred Slaves of Time”