Not much to comment on today. The range of clue types and vocabulary presented by Joker is (I think) perfectly pitched at the aspiring solver. Most of the words are pretty well known, at least … Read more “Quick Cryptic 839 by Joker”
Month: May 2017
Times 26,735: Careful What You Wish For
I’m always saying that I think the Friday puzzle should stop pulling its punches and be a proper end-of-week challenge, but either my best solving days are already behind me or this was a bloody … Read more “Times 26,735: Careful What You Wish For”
Club Monthly 20200 May 2017 – failed again..
Solving Time: Well the good news is that this is well up to the usual high standard, and it took me about the usual length of time, around the 50 minute mark in two sessions. … Read more “Club Monthly 20200 May 2017 – failed again..”
TLS Crossword 1174 by Myrtilus – May 5, 2017 Nothing Daunted
Expecting the trademark pun across the top line is just beginning to be helpful: if you can get one or other, it becomes a significant extra bit of information for solving the associated clue. But … Read more “TLS Crossword 1174 by Myrtilus – May 5, 2017 Nothing Daunted”
Times 26727 – Fat chance to win £1,000, but nice enough puzzle.
As the second qualifier for this year’s TCC, I expected this to be a moderately easy challenge, and it was. The long ones top and bottom were write-ins and the rest followed in quick time; … Read more “Times 26727 – Fat chance to win £1,000, but nice enough puzzle.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 838 by Teazel
A lovely puzzle from Teazel today, with pretty much every clue reading perfectly as a standalone sentence, and there were some lovely images of biased brunettes and crying schoolboys and short-skirted servants and the like. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 838 by Teazel”
Times Cryptic 26734 – May 25, 2017 !
Well, this was fun, with a device in one clue (26) that only works if used so sparingly that us poor suckers forget about it in between times and get flummoxed by it all over … Read more “Times Cryptic 26734 – May 25, 2017 !”
Quick Cryptic 837 by Orpheus
Some unusual vocabulary and phrases gave me a bit to think about here, but balanced with the clearly signposted anagrams and a couple of write-ins, culminated in an average time for me. COD to 12ac … Read more “Quick Cryptic 837 by Orpheus”
Times 26733 – don’t get shtuck in a confiture de circulation; use your bonding set.
A splendid puzzle, I thought, with a mixture of easy clues and much trickier ones, and not without wit. I don’t have an exact time as I was doing it in between doing something else. … Read more “Times 26733 – don’t get shtuck in a confiture de circulation; use your bonding set.”
Quick Cryptic 836 by Felix
A lot of my 16 minutes were taken up with fully understanding (and therefore enjoying) the word plays. Some excellent clues (16ac, 1dn, 5dn, 7dn) and plenty of long anagrams. Unless it’s just me on … Read more “Quick Cryptic 836 by Felix”