Like last week, this was a slow solve. Again around 50 minutes for me. This one had rather more obscurities, but everything was gettable on a pleasant Saturday. (For vinyl1’s benefit, I’ve recently seen Beautiful, … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27090 – Saturday, 14 July 2018. Another Pleasant Valley Saturday.”
Month: July 2018
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1332 – 7th July
My turn to blog the Jumbo. I have to confess I don’t always find the time to do the Jumbo – especially when the weather is so fine, but maybe I should take to solving … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1332 – 7th July”
Times 27,095: A-Solving We Will Go
Any nagging suspicions that the Times 15×15 have been leaning towards the gentle side of late are unlikely to have been defused by this puzzle – the top left corner having all gone pretty much … Read more “Times 27,095: A-Solving We Will Go”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1139 by Tracy – Oh what a beautiful morning?
Hello All. Today we have an admirably neat, concise and well crafted puzzle from Tracy with elegant surfaces and wordplay that requires plenty of thought. Or so, I found, anyway. It took me a while … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1139 by Tracy – Oh what a beautiful morning?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1138 by Orpheus
Good puzzle from Orpheus, bad solve from me. I got into a flap at 1ac because I remembered the same clue cropping up recently, but couldn’t for the life of me remember what that damn … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1138 by Orpheus”
Times Cryptic No 27094, Thursday, 19 July 2018 Amazon (dis)grace, how is this found?
A gentle stroll for a par score of 17.30, skilfully avoiding several spelling disasters and gritting my teeth over one hyphenated word that should have been strangled at birth. Maybe it’s not too late. There … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27094, Thursday, 19 July 2018 Amazon (dis)grace, how is this found?”
Times 27093 – no acrobatics required
Another Wednesday which I don’t think will take us far into the orange zone on SNITCH, with some fairly obvious or biffable answers – even if the wordplay was often intricate and very clever. If … Read more “Times 27093 – no acrobatics required”
Quick Cryptic 1137 by Flamande
Fairly straightforward fare today. I had to come back for 2dn and 9ac, otherwise it all flowed nicely in order. The highlight for me was the little run of 7, 10, and 11dn which made … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1137 by Flamande”
Times Cryptic 27092
I needed 40 minutes for this one which I found quite chewy in its way . Nothing in it was overly difficult but plenty that needed a bit of thinking about. As usual definitions are … Read more “Times Cryptic 27092”
Times Quick Cryptic 1136 by Mara
No time to report today but my guess is that this is a medium difficulty puzzle from Mara. Plenty of anagrams around – roughly a quarter of the clues.I got on fairly well throughout until … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1136 by Mara”