Long anagrams and literary clues notwithstanding, I managed this entertaining puzzle just within my ‘quick’ category. The literary clues just happened to hit on my limited knowledge and I was equally lucky with the hermit … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1026 by Tracy”
Month: February 2018
QC 1025 by Hurley – Thereby Hangs a (Very Tedious) Tale
Some weeks ago it was proposed I think in the Daily Cryptic blogs that we should have a competition to find the best short story composed by using all the words in a particular solution. … Read more “QC 1025 by Hurley – Thereby Hangs a (Very Tedious) Tale”
Times 26959 – A new Olympic sport?
Time: 20 MinutesMusic: George Lloyd, Symphony #8 I suppose easy Monday is back, provided you are thoroughly familiar with butterflies, Indian religions, and cookery. If not, you may have to rely on relatively straightforward cryptics … Read more “Times 26959 – A new Olympic sport?”
Sunday Times 4784 by Jeff Pearce – Schrödinger’s artichoke
14:26. Nothing terribly difficult this week, but there were a few unfamiliar words and phrases to slow me down a little. Quite a lot of unfamiliar words actually, making for an interesting puzzle, but there … Read more “Sunday Times 4784 by Jeff Pearce – Schrödinger’s artichoke”
Mephisto 2997 – Paul McKenna
Woohoo – the script is working again! We can bulk reproduce crossword clues with abandon. I had a hard time with the last few fiddly bits of this puzzle. Most of the long answers were … Read more “Mephisto 2997 – Paul McKenna”
Times Cryptic No 26952 – Saturday, 03 February 2018. Normal service has now resumed.
After the mystery clues of the previous Saturday, this was a straightforward solve. I took a wild stab at the botany clue, and took the setter at his word for the geography clue, but everything … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26952 – Saturday, 03 February 2018. Normal service has now resumed.”
JUMBO 1306
many, many thanks to Mohn2 for pointing me to the “magic” script and notes on getting it to work in Safari so that I could blog this puzzle in glorious technicolor with 5D Dolby surround … Read more “JUMBO 1306”
Quick Cryptic 1024 by Mara
Sorry this is a bit late. I overslept, Friday being the new Saturday in this house. 8 minutes for me this morning. This is a good demonstration of the wonderful and infinite world of anagrinds, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1024 by Mara”
Times 26,957: Inna Gadda Da Vida
I did this likeable puzzle on paper while feeling woozy from eating one too many Oreos, alright, alright, quite a few too many Oreos, and in such a sugar-discombobulated state my time on the timer … Read more “Times 26,957: Inna Gadda Da Vida”
Times 26956, in which my feminine side comes out – at least at 27 across
Solving time: 10:14 – I thought I was going to be easily under 10 minutes but I was held up by the place name, the body artists and the thing that went in the soup. … Read more “Times 26956, in which my feminine side comes out – at least at 27 across”