Well now, if I say this took me 13.58, including checking for typos and making sure all my wordplay worked, you’ll understand that, in my opinion, it’ll show up in the greenest green of the … Read more “27274 Thursday, 14 February 2019 Be mine, just for today..”
Month: February 2019
Times 27273 – now I’ve heard it all. Or have I?
A reasonably tough puzzle, I thought, with some ‘well that’s probably what he means’ type definitions, and more than the usual number of debatable homophones. 1a passes muster, but 22d less so, and 8d definitely … Read more “Times 27273 – now I’ve heard it all. Or have I?”
Times Quick Cryptic 1287 by Pedro
I was a bit worried that I was in for a slog today, with none of 1ac, 1dn or 6dn jumping out at me, but things soon sped up. In the end, it would probably … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1287 by Pedro”
Times Cryptic 27272
49 minutes. Another mix of easy answers and occasional words or meanings bordering on the obscure, but on the whole I found it more straightforward than yesterday’s offering and I have no complaints. I wonder … Read more “Times Cryptic 27272”
Times Quick Cryptic 1286 by Breadman
Just ticked over 10 minutes – held up by a 13 letter anagram of a boxer I could only dimly recall and my final crossing clues of a US filmmaker I didn’t know and, loi, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1286 by Breadman”
QC 1285 by Teazel
I think this is the third blog in a row that I have come up against Teazel, and I also seem to remember that my first ever blog was on one of his puzzles. So … Read more “QC 1285 by Teazel”
Times 27271 – Call me Deacon Blues
Time: 40 minutesMusic: Carmen Highlights I have to admit this was a bit of a biff-fest, as I quickly discovered that this setter tended to use simple and obvious literals, often a single word. Many … Read more “Times 27271 – Call me Deacon Blues”
Sunday Times 4836 by Dean Mayer
24:39. A magnificent toughie from Dean this week, I thought. A lot of the difficulty here is in the definitions, which often use secondary and/or oblique meanings of words. As is often the case with … Read more “Sunday Times 4836 by Dean Mayer”
Mephisto 3049 – Don Manley
I made a pretty quick start on this but somehow got convinced that TAIAHA was not only a bird, which it is not, but fitted the wordplay at 21 down, which it certainly does not. … Read more “Mephisto 3049 – Don Manley”
Times Cryptic No 27264 – Saturday, 02 February 2019. Let the punishment fit the clue.
I wish I could say I “was brilliant” as per 9ac, but this one outlasted lunchtime for me, so a little harder than some I’d say. For discussion purposes, the clue of the day will … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27264 – Saturday, 02 February 2019. Let the punishment fit the clue.”