Oh you guys, I thought I was doing so well for a change – I’d checked the blog calendar and satisfied myself that I was definitely scheduled to blog CJ1320 next Saturday, which I’d solved … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1319 (21/4/2018): Better Late Than Clever”
Month: May 2018
QC 1085 by Tracy
Another very quick blog from me this week as I have been away at a music festival with my son, so my head is fuddled with too much drink and noise from last night. Plus … Read more “QC 1085 by Tracy”
Times 27031
Time: 45 minutesMusic: O melhor de João Gilberto I would call this a moderate puzzle for a Monday, but it seems like I was a little slow on some of the clues. I wasn’t really in … Read more “Times 27031”
Mephisto 3009 – Paul McKenna
Today I am thinking back to about five years ago – I was in London after visiting friends in Leeds, and managed to snare Mephisto setters Paul McKenna and Tim Moorey and the Sunday Times … Read more “Mephisto 3009 – Paul McKenna”
Sunday Times 4796 by Jeff Pearce
13:26. Nothing too taxing here, but for the second time in a row I have the blogger’s nightmare of being unable to explain something. In fact this week there are two clues I don’t understand … Read more “Sunday Times 4796 by Jeff Pearce”
Times Cryptic No 27024 – Saturday, 28 April 2018. Definitions, definitions everywhere!
Well there were some tours de force in this puzzle, capped by the quadruple definition at 25ac – yes, four of them in a surface that reads naturally! And supported by a triple definition elsewhere … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27024 – Saturday, 28 April 2018. Definitions, definitions everywhere!”
Times 27,029: All The News That’s Fit To Print
Very easy for a Friday I thought – I had this done in under 6 minutes, and that was after a disgusting gin that I mixed with plain water instead of lovely tonic by mistake … Read more “Times 27,029: All The News That’s Fit To Print”
Quick Cryptic 1084 by Wurm
I enjoyed this. A little more challenging than usual, but all the better for it. Some of the answers are obscure (to me) but presented with straightforward wordplay, so fair enough. Took me around 12 … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1084 by Wurm”
Quick Cryptic No 1083 by Izetti
13 minutes for this little cracker from Izetti. This does require a modicum of General Knowledge, 1a, 12a, 18a, 20a, 9d and 13d, but nothing too difficult (and well short of Teazel’s 100th on Monday!). … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 1083 by Izetti”
Times 27028 – when a spirit fails to possess you
Solving time: 17:11, with about three minutes of it on the last entry, which was 19 down. I thought I was off to a good start on this one, but really slowed down for the … Read more “Times 27028 – when a spirit fails to possess you”