I am writing this intro in my cosy chambre in the famous Hôtel la Louisiane (there’s a documentary about it) on rue de Seine (Saint-Germain-dés-Pres), on vendredi après-midi, after a visit to the Librairie philosophique … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4849, May 5 2019, by Dean Mayer — Oui, whee!”
Month: May 2019
Times Cryptic No 27342 – Saturday, 04 May. A saucy little 17.
Another typical Saturday, I’d say. No plants, no animals, just an obscure sauce. I’m deeply sceptical about the complaint at 9dn. It seems to follow the principle of, “give a dog a bad name”! Thanks … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27342 – Saturday, 04 May. A saucy little 17.”
Jumbo 1378
A lot of longer solutions in this one in a grid of 26 Across clues and 28 Down which I think is the lowest number of clues I have had to type up. There were … Read more “Jumbo 1378”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1349 by Izetti
It’s Friday and today we have a puzzle from Izetti. “Goody”, I thought when I saw the name at the top, anticipating we would get a nice end-of-the-week test, and I wasn’t disappointed. Unusually, I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1349 by Izetti”
Times 27,347: The (Good Kind Of) Agony In The Garden
Well I thought this was a thoroughly marvellous puzzle, with virtually every clue having something something exceptional or interesting about it. The only clue I marginally didn’t care for, was 17ac, because I was worried … Read more “Times 27,347: The (Good Kind Of) Agony In The Garden”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1348by Tracy
Perhaps a touch on the trickier side today, hard to say sometimes. At any rate, I did Tuesday’s just before this in a bit under 7 minutes and was correspondingly over the 10 minutes today, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1348by Tracy”
27346 Thursday, 9 May 2019 Keep taking the tablets
How anyone expects a coherent blog from me this evening after the ridiculously improbable progression of Spurs into the Champions League Final I cannot tell, but I’ll try. I polished this off in 17.09, which … Read more “27346 Thursday, 9 May 2019 Keep taking the tablets”
A brief announcement
The incorrect solution for Monday’s Quickie on the Times and Crossword Club sites has now been corrected. For those who didn’t solve it, the incorrect solution had four answers in the wrong places, resulting in … Read more “A brief announcement”
Times 27345 – that’s more like it.
This was the kind of puzzle we might use as a perfect example of The Times genre, having an antelope, a plant, a mineral, a couple of literary references, and some wit. Hats off to … Read more “Times 27345 – that’s more like it.”
Times Quick Cryptic 1347 by Joker
A fairly straightforward solve, on the whole, but with some unfamiliar bits and bobs to keep me guessing (that meaning of pet, the paint, the king). Quite a few of the definitions are neatly disguised … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1347 by Joker”