I really enjoyed this puzzle. Whilst I found it slightly easier than some of Dean’s offerings, it nonetheless came up with three instances where I had to trust to the wordplay and enter the answer … Read more “Sunday Times 4755 by Dean Mayer”
Month: July 2017
Times Saturday 26778 – July 15, 2017. When the cat’s away, the mice will play.
This was great fun, not least because I was watching replays of Wimbleton at the same time. There were several unknowns, but in each case the rest of the clue steered me straight eventually. Cats … Read more “Times Saturday 26778 – July 15, 2017. When the cat’s away, the mice will play.”
Quick Cryptic 879 by Izetti
Probably a puzzle that favours the experienced solver, which I guess is stating the obvious, but there are quite a few devices you’ll have seen before if you’ve been doing these things for a while. … Read more “Quick Cryptic 879 by Izetti”
Times 26,783: My Hovercraft Is Full Of Eels
This meticulously clued seems to have been fully worthy of its Friday slot – 8 hours in only 5 results have been under the 20 minute mark (almost 14 for me) and the Crossword SNITCH … Read more “Times 26,783: My Hovercraft Is Full Of Eels”
TLS Crossword 1182 by Myrtilus – June 30, 2017
I seem to have made a mulligatawny soup of this – the mystery ingredient being an invisible error. I hope someone will spot it. In the top row we have a cracker-worthy (that’s a compliment) … Read more “TLS Crossword 1182 by Myrtilus – June 30, 2017”
Times Quick Cryptic No 878 by Hurley
A very good puzzle from Hurley, I thought. Of middling difficulty (probably): I would have come in about a minute under my target had there ever existed an artist called “Lision”, but it took me … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 878 by Hurley”
Times Cryptic 26782 – July 20, 2017 Let there be, and eventually there was.
My oath, this took me a long time to start with, and not much quicker once I got going. Too much time barking up wrong trees and laboriously working out wordplay so you lucky lot … Read more “Times Cryptic 26782 – July 20, 2017 Let there be, and eventually there was.”
Times 26781 – food for thought and eye candy?
Another rather off-beat but enjoyable puzzle, I thought, of typical ‘midweek’ medium difficulty, with no central theme but a good sprinkling of tasty foodie bits and some words to relish. I took me about 25 … Read more “Times 26781 – food for thought and eye candy?”
Quick Cryptic 877 by Orpheus
Mostly smooth sailing, but I suspect one’s general interests / willingness to trust the wordplay, will play a large part in the ease of solving. Embarrassingly (for someone keen on biology), it was the butterfly, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 877 by Orpheus”
Meetup with Verlaine in NYC – Sunday July 30 – 1:30 PM at The Ginger Man
As you may have heard, our esteemed Friday blogger Verlaine is going to be in New York City for a week. We are trying to set up an afternoon get-together with those based in … Read more “Meetup with Verlaine in NYC – Sunday July 30 – 1:30 PM at The Ginger Man”