A captivating piece of whimsy with the now classic Myrtilus touch. I printed this to look at in the car driving up to the country for the first time this season while I was sitting … Read more “TLS Crossword 1170 by Myrtilus – April 7, 2017. Knock knock. Who’s there?”
Day: 27th April 2017
Times 26703 – 1st Championship Qualifier (Wednesday 19 April)
I managed this on paper in 16 minutes, with one Russian poet half-guessed as the more likely arrangement of the anagram letters; the rest was straightforward although required the usual crossword knowledge of CRS and … Read more “Times 26703 – 1st Championship Qualifier (Wednesday 19 April)”
Times Quick Cryptic No 818 by Tracy
A shade harder than average, I’d say, taking me 15 minutes (with one wrong). A couple of bits of obscurity, for me anyway, with 17d and 22ac going in with a shrug: the first I’ve … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 818 by Tracy”
Times Cryptic 26710 – April 27, 2017 Unaccented, but with a fair bit of stress
Initial results (including mine, breaking the 30 minute mark) suggest that this innocuous little number might be bamboozling everyone except George, at least a bit. My holdups were mostly in the lower half of the … Read more “Times Cryptic 26710 – April 27, 2017 Unaccented, but with a fair bit of stress”