I found this one decidedly tricky, and had to chip away at it over several sessions. When writing up the blog, I was trying to figure out why it had seemed so hard – there … Read more “Sunday Times 4753 by David McLean”
Month: July 2017
Times Saturday 26766 – July 1, 2017. Nothing tedious today.
After struggling last week, this week went very smoothly until the last answer! I started well, finishing the bottom half (all bar one) and then the NW followed by the NE, but then found myself … Read more “Times Saturday 26766 – July 1, 2017. Nothing tedious today.”
Quick Cryptic 869 by Hawthorn
Morning all. No surprises from Hawthorn today, all the answers are well-known words or expressions, and I would imagine everyone’s heard of the movie. That doesn’t guarantee that it’s easy of course, you still have … Read more “Quick Cryptic 869 by Hawthorn”
Times 26,771: At The Court Of The King Of Skyros
An easy puzzle by Friday standards, I thought: I was drunk enough from prior festivities to have typed BETTLE instead of BEETLE in the Concise, but even taking a little extra care over the main … Read more “Times 26,771: At The Court Of The King Of Skyros”
TLS Crossword 1180 by Talos – June 16, 2017 A host of golden brickies
This one definitely had its points of interest, not to say contention. Initially hiding his light under a bit of Printer’s Devilry, Talos has provided us with some devious and mind-stretching cluing. With a fine … Read more “TLS Crossword 1180 by Talos – June 16, 2017 A host of golden brickies”
Times Quick Cryptic No 868 by Orpheus
A gentle enough offering from Orpheus today, if my time of seven-and-a-half minutes is anything to go by. One wrong, of course, but I’d say the “Unlucky!” sign was quite accurate on this occasion (as … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 868 by Orpheus”
Times 26770 – is this the 9 down?
Solving time : 8:52 and relieved that this was a more straightforward puzzle than the last two days as I am in dress rehearsals for a production and am not getting in until pretty late. … Read more “Times 26770 – is this the 9 down?”
Times 26769 – crystal clear, it’s a Schottky barrier diode, mate.
I thought this was a slightly off-beat puzzle, with mainly easy clues and a few less obvious ones (1d, 29a, 11a). It took me around 20 minutes so a medium 5 on my Richter scale … Read more “Times 26769 – crystal clear, it’s a Schottky barrier diode, mate.”
Quick Cryptic 867 by Hurley
I thought this was going to be a much more light and breezy puzzle than it turned out to be. The first few clues in the NW gave the impression of a break from the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 867 by Hurley”
Times Cryptic 26768
I hope I was not alone in finding this an extremely difficult puzzle. It took me only a few minutes under 2 hours to complete it, but without resorting to aids from which I take … Read more “Times Cryptic 26768”