12 minutes – the final two on 8dn due to the surface – it could be said that I couldn’t change out of clothing as nothing suited me.Lots of other good clues (18dn and 20dn … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 866 by Mara”
Month: July 2017
Times 26767 – Move it on over
Time:35 Minutes Music: Mahler, Symphony #3, Horenstein/LSO Yes, I am attempting to join the modern age. In order to instruct our new blogger, I had to figure out how to get Mohn2’s blog-generating script … Read more “Times 26767 – Move it on over”
Quick Cryptic 865 by Izetti
An enjoyable offering from Izetti today, with a raft of good surfaces and no words dredged up from the lesser visited reaches of the dictionary (though I’m not entirely sure what’s going on in 4D). … Read more “Quick Cryptic 865 by Izetti”
Sunday Times 4752 by Dean Mayer
20:48. Another excellent puzzle from Dean, and for my money a perfect level of challenge for a Sunday: tricky without being an absolute stinker. Actually I like an absolute stinker too, but my kids get … Read more “Sunday Times 4752 by Dean Mayer”
Mephisto 2965 – Don Manley
I had to solve this twice – my usual thing is to have a couple of puzzles I’m working on (Listener, Mephisto, Azed, Spectator, a couple of US ones I do regularly) clipped together and … Read more “Mephisto 2965 – Don Manley”
Times Saturday 26760 – June 24, 2017. Too many unknowns?
After breezing through last week, this week saw me thud back to earth! I started well, finishing the NW corner, but then gradually slowed to a standstill. My last ones in were 15ac, 6dn, 20dn … Read more “Times Saturday 26760 – June 24, 2017. Too many unknowns?”
Jumbo 1271
I’m going to try and schedule this blog to appear automatically on Saturday morning as I’ve got to be up early to catch a train. When Mrs Penfold asked me if I wanted to go … Read more “Jumbo 1271”