This pleasant offering from Tracy took me 11 minutes. I think it’s mostly straightforward but there are a couple of tricky items so I shall be interested to read others’ opinions. As usual definitions are … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1110 by Tracy”
Month: June 2018
Mephisto 3014 – Tim Morey
Fairly easy puzzle. One clue 20A appears to be missing an anagrind whilst another 5D has a somewhat unusual one. Pleased to see one of Europe’s most important research, technology, and innovation centres included. In … Read more “Mephisto 3014 – Tim Morey”
Sunday Times Cryptic 4801, by David McLean — Getchyer marketing cream here
I have every expectation that some of the infallible wits here will come up with some clever remarks about some of these clues, where I have utterly failed. But honestly, it all seems a bit … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4801, by David McLean — Getchyer marketing cream here”
Times Cryptic No 27054 – Saturday, 02 June 2018. Meaningful spelling reform needed?
No flora or fauna – how excellent! Strangely I knew the rock at 10ac, no doubt from crosswords. This was a steady solve until I got down to four or five missing in the top … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27054 – Saturday, 02 June 2018. Meaningful spelling reform needed?”
Bank Holiday Jumbo 1326
This took a shade under 45 minutes including making sure I understood everything so by my standards at least this was straightforward. Nothing wrong with that and there were some entertaining clues and neat definitions … Read more “Bank Holiday Jumbo 1326”
Jumbo 1325
I think this was a slightly harder than average puzzle that I made more difficult courtesy of some brainlessness all of my own making. However after wading through this self-imposed mire, it was gratifying to … Read more “Jumbo 1325”
Times 27,059: Ocean’s 15×15
I did this on paper and with interruptions so have no time to offer you, but I seem to remember getting off to a slow start, though things picked up later; I’ve just checked the … Read more “Times 27,059: Ocean’s 15×15”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1109 by Hurley – Climb every mountain
I don’t know if it is blogitis, or just doing the crossword online instead of on paper, but, somehow, my blogging QCs seem to take longer than they should. This was my slowest for over … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1109 by Hurley – Climb every mountain”
Times Cryptic No 27058, Thursday, 7 June 2018 Not, thankfully, fubar.
I somewhat laboured over this for 24 minutes, which might have had to do with the lateness/earliness of the hour but I liked it rather a lot. Two of the clues, 12 and 14, only … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27058, Thursday, 7 June 2018 Not, thankfully, fubar.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1108 by Joker
Middle of the road from Joker today, I’d say, in terms of both difficulty and quality. The average standard is very high, though, so all good! I started off slowly enough, eventually getting about half … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1108 by Joker”