These qualifiers tend not to be too tricky as presumably the organisers want to encourage entries and check out times rather than put people off. This was no exception and I had all but 16a … Read more “Times 27015 – first TCC qualifier published 18 April – it’s 26 across.”
Day: 26th April 2018
Times Quick Cryptic No 1078 by Mara
Tricky enough one today, I found, taking me nearly four minutes over my target ten – as a comparison, I did yesterday’s immediately before this and came in two minutes under. Not my finest performance: … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1078 by Mara”
Times Cryptic No 27022 26th April 2018. Out of Date, Out of Mind?
Yesterdays was a cracking example of a puzzle in which the difficulty was created not by the arcane vocabulary but by the devilry and misdirection of the cluing. Today’s cluing is a lot more straightforward, … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27022 26th April 2018. Out of Date, Out of Mind?”