Nothing too difficult here, if one discounts the UK centric General Knowledge (TYNE), a new word (for me at least), the school pudding and the dodgy homophone. At 13 minutes, this was comfortably inside my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 963 by Orpheus”
Month: November 2017
Times Jumbo 1291
Sorry this blog is so late folks. I didn’t get a chance to finsih the solve until I was on the train back from the Championships the weekend after publication. Last weekend was hectic and … Read more “Times Jumbo 1291”
Times 26833 – A matter of wavelengths.
A strange one, this. At first I couldn’t get going, then all of a sudden I seemed to tune into the lateral-thinking mode necessary to see which was the definition and which was the derivation … Read more “Times 26833 – A matter of wavelengths.”
Quick Cryptic 962 by Hurley
I thought this was a particularly good QC from Hurley, containing a mix of some straightforward fare to help everyone on their way, and some trickier stuff to stretch the old hands a bit or … Read more “Quick Cryptic 962 by Hurley”
Times Cryptic 26882
This was off the scale for me (95 minutes if you really want to know). There was a lot of very fine misdirection e.g. ‘around’ in 10ac which could have signalled anagram, containment or reversal but … Read more “Times Cryptic 26882”
Times Quick Cryptic 961 by Felix
At 14 minutes this was something of a contrast (double the time) to the speed trial of yesterday. I suspect some will find parts of this too closely verging on 15×15 material but there’s lots … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 961 by Felix”
Times 26881 – Oh, padre, have you got the time?
A pleasant Monday puzzle with a minor nautical theme, lots of double definitions and anagrams, and a good excuse to listen again to the great Alan Bennett 21 29. 21 minutes. As perspicacious types will … Read more “Times 26881 – Oh, padre, have you got the time?”
Times Quick Cryptic 960 by Joker
This one took me 10 minutes. I was expecting to complete it well within my target 10 but only just made it because of a hold-up at the end over 3dn. I thought of STAGE … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 960 by Joker”
Mephisto 2984 – Tim Moorey
There are some interesting people and places contained in this puzzle. An MP; a potter; a musical conductor; a golfer and a film star all meet in Surrey and Cornwall. A couple of very good … Read more “Mephisto 2984 – Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 4771 by David McLean
Either I was having a lucid interval, or this was the gentlest of ST offerings in a very long time – not that I’m complaining! As I printed it out, I was alarmed by the … Read more “Sunday Times 4771 by David McLean”