This was an engaging exercise, with some fine, quite deceptive surfaces. The four Double Definitions are not scintillating, but such rarely are (and the last one’s kind of fun), but a few of the Cryptic … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4833, 13 January 2019, by Dean Mayer — Think Twice, It’s All Right”
Day: 19th January 2019
Times Cryptic No 27246 – Saturday, 12 January 2019. The agony and the ecstasy.
There were some delights here. I loved 10ac and 24dn, but the standout for me was 15dn – the clue of the year so far for me! (That’s a small sample, it’s true.) I spent … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27246 – Saturday, 12 January 2019. The agony and the ecstasy.”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1361
Happy New Year all. On my barometer I’d say this was of average difficulty although there was one phrase I was totally unfamiliar with and I had to look it up to get it. I … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1361”