14 minutes for this tussle with Izetti who continues our education en route to the 15×15 which, hopefully, is to be your next target. These include double bend, plural French words, subatomic particles, no less … Read more “Quick Cryptic 801 by Izetti”
Month: April 2017
Times Cryptic 26690
There were some quite tricky bits and pieces here, I thought, but nothing to delay me beyond 29 minutes so it ranks at the easier end of the scale. [ I experienced problems posting this … Read more “Times Cryptic 26690”
Times 26689 – Paging General Knowledge!
Solving time: 28 minutes Music: Steve Turre, Viewpoint As I was driving out of the grocery store parking lot this morning, the car immediately in front of me had a bumper sticker “I Love My … Read more “Times 26689 – Paging General Knowledge!”
Times Quick Cryptic 800 by Hurley
Today the Quick Cryptic has reached #800 having started life on Monday 10 March 2014. These milestones always occur on my watch so I come to them half expecting a NINA in the grid or … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 800 by Hurley”
Mephisto 2952 – Paul McKenna
Quite a mix of GK here with an old tennis player, a racecourse near Glasgow, a Dutch astronomer, an old film, and a cigar smoking dictator. Good puzzle I thought which represented a fair challenge … Read more “Mephisto 2952 – Paul McKenna”
Sunday Times 4739 by Jeff Pearce
I managed to romp through the first three quarters or so of this puzzle without too many alarums and excursions, but was then left with a handful of clues that put up stout resistance and … Read more “Sunday Times 4739 by Jeff Pearce”
Times Saturday 26682 – March 25, 2017. A walk in the park.
That was a delight. I expect fast times for sure, and I certainly had a new personal best. As usual some answers from the world of nature were unfamiliar, but the cluing was clear enough. … Read more “Times Saturday 26682 – March 25, 2017. A walk in the park.”
Jumbo 1255
A puzzle of about average difficulty, with nothing particularly obscure for seasoned solvers, though I felt there were rather more unobvious definitions and deceptive surfaces than usually crop up in the Jumbo, which made the … Read more “Jumbo 1255”