I didn’t find this particularly difficult, though my time wasn’t blazing-Monday-fast either; but I’d certainly rate it on the gentle side, with all the definitions being entirely straightforward and most of the wordplay involving quite … Read more “Times 27,335: You Gotta Run, Run, Run, Run, Run, Solve A Clue Or Two”
Day: 25th April 2019
Times Quick Cryptic No 1338 by Mara
I found this on the trickier side of things, being pushed over the 15 minute mark thanks to some faffing about in the NE. I mis-parsed 7d, and spent some time trying to square the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1338 by Mara”
Cryptic No 27334 Thursday, 25 April 2019 This be the verse
I made rather a dog’s brexit of this one, badly mis-entering 5d and thus rendering 13ac as vaguely plausible AMNESTY and making 6d impossible. Dozing off didn’t help this fluffery, so a not-difficult crossword stretched … Read more “Cryptic No 27334 Thursday, 25 April 2019 This be the verse”