As happened last time I blogged, the club version didn’t turn up until I had completed the online paper version, which is eerily similar until it disturbingly vanishes after you tap in the last letter. … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26806 Thursday, 17 August 2017 It can’t be effed.”
Month: August 2017
Times 26805 – trickier than a magicians’ megafest
I like a challenge. I enjoyed most of this, it has some excellent clues with nice PDMs. Looking at it now I’ve finally got there, nearly an hour, with the use of a solver for … Read more “Times 26805 – trickier than a magicians’ megafest”
Quick Cryptic 897 by Flamande
Happily completed this one with my other half. Despite not being a regular solver, she completed much of it without hesitation or complaint, and only needed my (doubtful) help to crack the SE corner. COD … Read more “Quick Cryptic 897 by Flamande”
Times Quick Cryptic 896 by Joker
Having fun with a new version of live journal editor. This blog was posted some time ago but ended up in the wrong place. So – here we go again.Thought I was on for a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 896 by Joker”
Times Cryptic 26804
I needed 48 minutes for this one. I thought it was going to be easy because I wrote in 7 adjoining answers in the NW straightaway but then slowed to a crawl, gradually picking off the answers … Read more “Times Cryptic 26804”
Times 26803 – Not as meaty as you might suppose….
Time: 19 Minutes Music: Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition, Joselson Well, this was an easy Monday for me, but lurking at the back of my mind was a suspicion that not everyone will agree. … Read more “Times 26803 – Not as meaty as you might suppose….”
Quick Cryptic 895 by Mara
I took a bit longer than usual for this, which I’d like to say was due to savouring one of the more geography-heavy puzzles we’ve had in recent times but was probably more just due … Read more “Quick Cryptic 895 by Mara”
Sunday Times 4758 by Dean Mayer
10:53. The new Puzzle Club doesn’t give scores or leaderboard positions for competition puzzles until the solution is published, so I don’t know whether my time for this puzzle is relatively fast or slow, or … Read more “Sunday Times 4758 by Dean Mayer”
Jumbo 1277 July 29, 2017
A new Jumbo PB for me, 24:51. Pretty sure that says more about the crossword than it does about me.Not much more to say really, so here’s how I parsed it…. Clues are reproduced in … Read more “Jumbo 1277 July 29, 2017”
Mephisto 2971 – Don Manley
New format, and I for one welcome our new Mephisto formatting overlords, as this one printed automatically on one sheet of paper. Woohoo! For many years I’ve been loading the grid and adjusting the print … Read more “Mephisto 2971 – Don Manley”