Time: 20 minutes Music: Szymanowski, Violin Concerto #1, Kulka/Maksymiuk/NSOPRK This was, basically, a very easy Monday crossword, as I biffed quite a few early answers, including a rather incorrect ‘plain speaking’. Only the presence … Read more “Times 26827 – The Art of the Crossword”
Month: September 2017
Sunday Times 4762 by David McLean
11:30. No real problems this week, and another nice puzzle from our friend Harry. A number of neat touches but I particularly like the ‘split up’ device in 15dn. This is another puzzle with a … Read more “Sunday Times 4762 by David McLean”
Mephisto 2975, Tim Moorey
I found this one far more difficult than the last few weeks, and there is one entry that I am not 100% sure I have parsed correctly. Tim Moorey tends to give us a number … Read more “Mephisto 2975, Tim Moorey”
Times Cryptic No 26820, Saturday 2 September 2017. A good idea on paper.
For me, this was a slow solve, but never frustrating, apart from another club site problem. I started solving on my iPad, only to find that a standard iPad multi-finger gesture prompted the club site … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26820, Saturday 2 September 2017. A good idea on paper.”
JUMBO 1281
While other Jumbo bloggers are dropping like flies I’m afraid I’m still here. I’m not really sure if this was tricky or I was just taking things at a leisurely pace in the balmy bank … Read more “JUMBO 1281”
Times 26,825: Putting The “Lite” Back Into The TLS
Guys, guys, we may have to stop high-fiving one another about how we’ve proved (with SCIENCE) that Friday puzzles are definitely harder than the rest of the week: I think our esteemed editor is fighting … Read more “Times 26,825: Putting The “Lite” Back Into The TLS”
Quick Cryptic 914 by Rongo
So, in my last blog (25th Aug Quick Cryptic) I pulled an absolute blinder by failing to spot the Nina. I blame the low oxygen tension in the mountain air, plus the fact I had … Read more “Quick Cryptic 914 by Rongo”
Quick Cryptic No 913 by Izetti
I found this to be a nice easy romp by Izetti, and completed it well inside 10 minutes, being helped by spotting the two long down clues almost immediately. There were no difficult or unusual … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 913 by Izetti”
Times 26824 – in which I make a mess of spelling an Australian word!
Solving time : 16:34 but with one typo – I seem to be making a lot more typos with the recent changes to the crossword club, in the leaderboard I am 67th, with a whopping … Read more “Times 26824 – in which I make a mess of spelling an Australian word!”
Times 26823 – don’t be a t*t, do the wordplay.
I was feeling rather jaded when I sat down to tackle this one, so made heavy weather of it, taking around 45 minutes and one still not fully understood (11a). But I suspect it’s not … Read more “Times 26823 – don’t be a t*t, do the wordplay.”