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”
Month: April 2019
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”
Times 27333 – another midweek middle of the road
19 minutes for me to solve and parse this one, nothing to frighten any horses here. It has a slight literary flavour, with Kipling, Dickens and Shakespeare (for example) cropping up. I’ve never read Kipling’s … Read more “Times 27333 – another midweek middle of the road”
Times Quick Cryptic 1337 by Marty
I struggled accross the line in twice my normal time, and didn’t really get to enjoy much of it unitl writing the blog. I thought the last few down clues were really good fun, for … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1337 by Marty”
Times Cryptic 27332
I’m not sure why I needed 51 minutes to complete this one as on reflection some of the clues that might not have been out of place in a QC. However things usually seem much … Read more “Times Cryptic 27332”
Times Quick Cryptic 1336 by Izetti
Another fine offering from Izetti. Not, for me at least, an easy write in (I took over 12 minutes) but all the clues seem clever and well defined. LOI was 6dn as I groped for … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1336 by Izetti”
Times 27331 – My tenth anniversary blog!
Time: 34 minutesMusic: Berlioz, Harold in Italy, Menuhim/Davis. Yes, my very first blog for Times for the Times was that of April 20, 2009, which is still available in the archives. I got the assignment … Read more “Times 27331 – My tenth anniversary blog!”
QC 1335 by Joker
Another very brief visit from me this week as this solve and blog were squeezed into the early morning fog in the middle of a packed bank holiday weekend of entertainment and general feeding and … Read more “QC 1335 by Joker”
Sunday Times 4846 by Dean Mayer – time torn off unused
16:56. I did most of this pretty quickly and had all but two clues solved in under ten minutes, but then I hit a total roadblock on 10ac and 2dn and wasted the rest of … Read more “Sunday Times 4846 by Dean Mayer – time torn off unused”
Mephisto 3059
This puzzle was not attributed, but if the normal order of things was followed, it should be a Tim Moorey Mephisto – it certainly feels like it, since there’s a bit of cricket, the usual … Read more “Mephisto 3059”