I enjoyed this a lot. It seemed very fresh, and potent as well. There were several CDs, all very amusing; no (usually either dull or unfathomable) DDs; a not-untimely reference to a particular conjuncture in … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4855, June 16 2019, by Dean Mayer — New-made corn mash”
Day: 22nd June 2019
Times Cryptic No 27378 – Saturday, 15 June 2019. Pass the dictionary again please.
Again a relaxing Saturday offering. Strangely, I was slow to see 1ac, easy though it was. It was actually my LOI. Still it was a great launching pad … I pencilled in the D as … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27378 – Saturday, 15 June 2019. Pass the dictionary again please.”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1386 – just how much work is a QM expected to do?
Not much to say about this. It was perfectly acceptable, occasionally witty, fare (albeit with a couple of rather odd CDs), taking around 35 minutes. First in was MISINFORM at 1a, last was STALL. Clues … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1386 – just how much work is a QM expected to do?”