Mate, what a time to be an Aussie! The Kangaroos whitewashed the Poms 6-0 to win their 32nd consecutive world rugby league title, Scotty James is World Champion Snowboarder,and the Matildas won the Women’s Football … Read more “Times 26917 – Prepare for More Pain, Poms!”
Month: December 2017
Times Quick Cryptic 990 by Noel
13 minutes for this one, slowed down a little as I was expecting Christmas references and taking my time to look for them. I found some but not necessarily all and this setter often has other … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 990 by Noel”
Mephisto 2990 – Tim Moorey
Medium level puzzle with a good consistent standard of clue throughout the grid In the blog, the definition in the clue is underlined and followed by the answer; the parsing; any comments Across1 Large canine … Read more “Mephisto 2990 – Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 4777 by Jeff Pearce
I found this to be an enjoyable, steady solve which featured a trot around the globe to several of my favourite places (Tasmania, the US eastern seaboard, the Channel Islands and Yorkshire) and which had … Read more “Sunday Times 4777 by Jeff Pearce”
Times Cryptic No 26910 – Saturday, 16 December 2017. A Christmas present?
Finished on paper in 45 minutes – a gallop by my standards. I think most of the clues in this puzzle are unusually straightforward in structure, with very few obscure references. The challenges are in … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26910 – Saturday, 16 December 2017. A Christmas present?”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1297 – What is large, grey, and wears glass slippers?
‘Tis the season to be jolly… I’m getting to rather enjoy blogging the Jumbo. Yes, it’s a lot of clues (and a lot of work for the setter!), but I get two weeks to do … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1297 – What is large, grey, and wears glass slippers?”
Times 26,915: It’s Beginning To Feel A Lot Like Cryptics
No impressive time to report from me on this puzzle, as I was still badly hungover from my work Christmas party when I tackled it (almost 24 hours later, oops), but I will say that … Read more “Times 26,915: It’s Beginning To Feel A Lot Like Cryptics”
Times Quick Cryptic 989 by Pedro – La-la-land?
I’m not sure if there’s something going on here, with LA or AL appearing in no less than nine of the answers. Or maybe I’m just imagining it. Whatever. A nice teaser from Pedro today … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 989 by Pedro – La-la-land?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 988 by Flamande
A lovely puzzle from Flamande, a bit towards the harder end of things. I was four minutes over my target ten, having stared blankly at 13 across for a good couple of those before impatiently … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 988 by Flamande”
Times Cryptic No 26914 Thursday, 21 December 2017 Not (yet) the Christmas Turkey
I rather enjoyed this one, though it took around 25 minutes, with 3d incompletely parsed but confidently entered. There was a decent helping of wit, and plenty of the kind of misdirection which didn’t make … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26914 Thursday, 21 December 2017 Not (yet) the Christmas Turkey”