I’m going to blame exit poll excitement for my going off by one on this – I had at 1dn FIREDECK, thinking “fire, energy, that makes sense, never heard of a firedeck but I’m sure … Read more “Times 26,747: Festina Lente”
Month: June 2017
TLS Crossword 1176 by Talos – May 19, 2017
It helped that I knew both the quotations and that they were longish ones anchoring the puzzle top and bottom. And with one exception (17d) the literary refrences were more or less within my range. … Read more “TLS Crossword 1176 by Talos – May 19, 2017”
Times Quick Cryptic No 848 by Juno
A quick, and possibly unreliable, search shows this to be only Juno’s fourth puzzle – the previous one being QC 430, all the way back in November 2015. On that occasion, blogged by Jack, there … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 848 by Juno”
Times Cryptic 26746 – June 8, 2017 No X here
Resolutely eschewing even the tiniest hint of politics, this maintains the absolute neutrality required on the actual polling day, lest any of us should be tempted to adjust our voting intentions by the least part … Read more “Times Cryptic 26746 – June 8, 2017 No X here”
Quick Cryptic 847 by Pedro
Solved in spare moments and blogged in a hurry, hence the later-than-usual post, so it’s even more difficult for me to judge its difficulty. I thought I was getting bored of all the anagram practice, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 847 by Pedro”
Times 26,745: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Read Me…
…when I blog twice a week? Don’t worry, it’s only temporary, to make up for Pip’s kindly standing in for me last Friday, while I was in Barcelona gawping at the Sagrada Familia and sunburning … Read more “Times 26,745: Will You Still Need Me, Will You Still Read Me…”
Quick Cryptic 846 by Hurley
An interruption means I only have a rough estimate of time at 16 minutes so this seemed a bit of a work out. Plenty of interesting word play to unravel and two long anagrams at … Read more “Quick Cryptic 846 by Hurley”
Times 26744
I found this one very hard but working steadily away at it I was satisfied to get there in the end without resorting to aids. Unfortunately though, I later discovered I had a wrong answer … Read more “Times 26744”
Times 26743 – Beaver pelts and sot-weed
Solving time: 32 minutes Music: John Coltrane, Coltrane Jazz Although I solved this puzzle relatively quickly, I thought it was quite tricky. I didn’t know the required meanings of ‘chuggers’ and ‘calender’, and I biffed … Read more “Times 26743 – Beaver pelts and sot-weed”
Quick Cryptic 845 by Mara
A crossword of average difficulty from Mara today, with perhaps more double definitions than we’re used to seeing. Double definitions can either fill you with delight at the prospect of getting two bites at the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 845 by Mara”