Some toughish vocabulary here but the wordplay was on the easier side for a Friday I thought – 1ac and 5ac went in very quickly here and I had the whole thing done and dusted … Read more “Times 27,179: Gee Officer Cryptic”
Month: October 2018
Times Quick Cryptic No 1209 by Teazel
A very relatively gentle offering from Teazel that should provide encouragement to our less-experienced solvers, and maybe result in PBs for some.[Edit: It would appear I’ve underestimated the difficulty and 1D has been troublesome for … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1209 by Teazel”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1208 by Izetti
A gentle enough puzzle by Izetti’s standards. After Jeremy’s excellent blog yesterday, detailing his very good approach to solving a cryptic crossword, I’ll just say I rushed through this, paying scant attention to the artfully … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1208 by Izetti”
27178 Thursday, 25 October 2018 Gosh, golly, my word and other exclamations.
Crickey, this was, shall we say, demanding. Not many gimmes and quite a few where definitions were at best elusive. The setter takes us on a tour of the entire alphabet and quite a lot … Read more “27178 Thursday, 25 October 2018 Gosh, golly, my word and other exclamations.”
Times 27177 – let’s give everyone an extra name, why not?
Another enjoyable mid range puzzle with one obscure (or for me, unknown) word (which wasn’t a foreign word clued as an anagram). Some nice word play and definitions, e.g. 28a, 30a, 19d. I thought the … Read more “Times 27177 – let’s give everyone an extra name, why not?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1207 by Orpheus
Introduction And I’m back! As discussed a few weeks ago, I’m going to experiment today with a new portion of the blog, aimed at beginners, describing in detail how I approached solving this puzzle. As … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1207 by Orpheus”
Times Cryptic 27176
My solving time was already going to be off the scale so by the time I got to the last answer, a mathematician I had obviously never heard of, I’d lost the will to continue … Read more “Times Cryptic 27176”
Times Quick Cryptic 1206 by Tracy
A QC for the old hands to charge through and the newbies, I hope, to finish. That is if they don’t get all muddled, as I did, with 16dn which took the final minute of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1206 by Tracy”
QC 1205 by Joker
Still suffering from my QC withdrawal symptoms (if indeed they exist and are not simply dimwittedness symptoms – see last blog from me), although I do believe that the QCs are getting harder. Nevertheless, that … Read more “QC 1205 by Joker”
Times 27175 – Put on your nightcap and try a little bit
Time: 27 minutesMusic: Carol of Harvest This is a puzzle that might seem difficult at first, but yields easily if you trust the cryptics. Even if the answer is a word you are only vaguely … Read more “Times 27175 – Put on your nightcap and try a little bit”