Apart from the monster(s) in the blog (refer to 3dn and the bit-of-fun challenge at the end of the blog) there was nothing too scary here (except, perhaps, my ignorance of 13dn) and I registered … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1121 by Orpheus”
Month: June 2018
Times 27073 – Jumbly polysyllables out the ass
And here we are, fresh from an invigorating trip to Greece, the second part of which was spent on the fair isle of Chios, not a million miles away from the place referenced at 14 … Read more “Times 27073 – Jumbly polysyllables out the ass”
Times Quick Cryptic 1120 by Izetti
My time of 7 minutes might suggest this is an easy puzzle and indeed I had only one hold-up along the way, but I was very aware whilst solving that there is some tricky stuff … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1120 by Izetti”
Mephisto 3016 – Don Manley
No problems with this straightforward puzzle. In the blog, the definition in the clue is underlined and followed by the answer; the parsing; any comments Across 1 Hits making insect half confused (4)WAPS: insect=wasp;4 Lion, … Read more “Mephisto 3016 – Don Manley”
Sunday Times Cryptic 4803, by Dean Mayer — No escheating!
In this batch of succinct, often witty clues, we have four excellent examples of double definitions, two that use disparate senses of the same word (23a and 6d) and two that involve homonyms (17 and … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4803, by Dean Mayer — No escheating!”
Times Cryptic No 27066 – Saturday, 16 June 2018. Fast but unsure.
This took me just over 17 minutes – a new PB, I’m sure, even though I still had several clues to parse for this blog. In fact the blog caused me to reconsider 17ac, so … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27066 – Saturday, 16 June 2018. Fast but unsure.”
Jumbo 1328
Nothing particularly problematic in this, just a couple of things to check after solving (15D, part of 19D and the definition part of 35D). A couple of words (26A and 28D) that I have only … Read more “Jumbo 1328”
Times 27,071: The True North Strong And Free!
An excellent crossword, I thought, which packed a lot of brilliance into some very concise clues, and also seemed in places to be celebrating a large country I’m quite fond of, perhaps a week or … Read more “Times 27,071: The True North Strong And Free!”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1119 by Tracy
A lovely variation in clue difficulty today, from the very easy to the slightly tricky There are also some nice inventions with a couple of more unusual anagrinds and the clever HIDDEN AGENDA, which was … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1119 by Tracy”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1118 by Teazel
A touch on the harder side today from Teazel. I had three blank as my target ten minutes came and went: 1d, 2d and 20ac. The last of these was the first to fall, after … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1118 by Teazel”