It was pleasant looking back over this puzzle, which I recall as a(n) 13ing outing, after a week. In the first edition of this blog, I thought that the one clue where I detected a … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4819, by David McLean — Comma chameleon”
Day: 13th October 2018
Times Cryptic No 27162 – Saturday, 06 October 2018. Parish pumps primed?
This was a struggle. Particularly horrible were the clues with obscure answers which one couldn’t construct with certainty from the wordplay. Yes, I’m looking at you, Carne Ebbas Giant (sic) and Fianne Fáil (sic). Those … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27162 – Saturday, 06 October 2018. Parish pumps primed?”
Jumbo 1345
A puzzle that seemed easier than average with just the one troublesome clue (21A), which fortunately fell on the right side of a coin toss an educated guess. The standouts, at least for this solver, … Read more “Jumbo 1345”