I thought this was a notch up in difficulty in comparison to the last couple of weeks. Paul McKenna has also given us a slightly different grid, 11×13 with three across answers going right across … Read more “Mephisto 3051 – Paul McKenna”
Month: February 2019
Saturday, 16 February 2019 – Times Cryptic No 27276. Up in the air.
Saturday, 16 February 2019 – Times Cryptic No 27276. Up in the air. I solved this puzzle on an iPad on an intercity air flight. It was all done by the time I landed, bar … Read more “Saturday, 16 February 2019 – Times Cryptic No 27276. Up in the air.”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1366
Hello again. A puzzle of average difficluty I’d say with enough in the way of unknowns to provide some education. I’ll be en route to Tenerife for the best part of today (Saturday) so it … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1366”
Quick Cryptic 1294 by Wurm
Not a difficult puzzle, but praise due for lots of very smooth surfaces, and very few clunkers. A tad over 6 minutes for me Across 1 Crucial point made in last bit of poetry? (6,4) … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1294 by Wurm”
Times 27,281: More Than Parts Of Which Are Excellent
The kind of puzzle that makes setting look effortlessly easy when of course know it’s very hard indeed; pretty much every clue here combines perfect marriages of wordplay and surface with a magician’s talent for … Read more “Times 27,281: More Than Parts Of Which Are Excellent”
27280 Thursday, 21 February 2019 In our district yaks are quite rare
I am away for the next two weeks floating around the Caribbean with Mrs Z and suspect a lack of reliable communications, so George has kindly swapped dates with me, which means you get both … Read more “27280 Thursday, 21 February 2019 In our district yaks are quite rare”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1293 by Orpheus
Nothing controversial or difficult this week from Orpheus, just good concise clueing which entertained me for just short of 8 minutes, so should be comfortably accessible for most of us. Thanks Orpheus for a gentle … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1293 by Orpheus”
Times 27279 – Is a joint setter a cosetter? Can a foodstuff be inedible?
I much enjoyed this. It wasn’t easy IMO, but perhaps not as hard as last week’s Wednesday at 160, I’ll be interested to see the SNITCH. Several clues had me going off in the wrong … Read more “Times 27279 – Is a joint setter a cosetter? Can a foodstuff be inedible?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1292 by Joker
Introduction Either this was very difficult or my head wasn’t in the game (we’re currently moving apartments, so that’s a very real possibility), but in any case this puzzle took me an unspeakable amount of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1292 by Joker”
Times Cryptic 27278
I forgot to note my finishing time but, whilst not finding this puzzle exactly easy, I didn’t have too many problems and would estimate I spent between half-an-hour and 45 minutes on it. There seems to … Read more “Times Cryptic 27278”