Every ingredient of this tasty puzzle seemed to be in apple-pie order… hence my headline. The expression, nodding here (first) to, uh, clue (a near homophone) 18—comes from the fact that pedestrian crossings in France … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4853, by David McLean — Tout est dans les clous”
Day: 8th June 2019
Times Cryptic No 27366 – Saturday, 01 June 2019. Give me the simple solve …
Well, this was harder than the previous week. It also expanded my general knowledge with things like 11 and 26 across, and was a master class in oblique definitions like those at 14 across, and … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27366 – Saturday, 01 June 2019. Give me the simple solve …”
Jumbo 1383
A fairly standard Jumbo, with nothing too much of concern. Across 1 TIMES NEW ROMAN – TIMES = by, NEW = anagram of ROMAN = norma 8 SUGARPLUM – SUP = dine, around GAR = … Read more “Jumbo 1383”