It’s alright, Ma… I can make it. When I worked this last Saturday, with pleasantly surprising ease, I was, mercifully, in an air-conditioned room at St. Francis College, right around the corner from my flat … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4857, June 30 2019, by Robert Price — Fences of Eden”
Month: July 2019
Jumbo 1388
Apologies for the slight delay on this one – no real excuse! Also apologies for any typos as this was typed up in haste. I don’t recall any particular issues with this one and nothing … Read more “Jumbo 1388”
Times Cryptic No 27390 – Saturday, 29 June 2019. Out of my depth.
So, this ended the easy run of recent weeks with a vengeance! Lucky for me, I saw that early enough to concede defeat and use reference materials. A shout out to all who did it … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27390 – Saturday, 29 June 2019. Out of my depth.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1389 by Izetti
A typically smooth and entertaining puzzle from Izetti for us today. One or two trickier clues, but I raced through this faster than usual in just over 4 1/2 minutes. I enjoyed the lovely surfaces … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1389 by Izetti”
Times 27,395: Clues Over Easy
No complaints about this very entertaining nongram (with 9ac and 16ac in there, you’d think it was going to be a pangram, but it’s missing both X and Z), which I polished off relatively quickly … Read more “Times 27,395: Clues Over Easy”
27394 Thursday, 4 July 2019 What Is This Thing Called, Love?
Happy 4th July to our transatlantic friends: if you happen to be anywhere near the Lincoln Memorial do try to enjoy the parade of tanks (so far I’ve spotted two), other military hardware and whatever … Read more “27394 Thursday, 4 July 2019 What Is This Thing Called, Love?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1388 by Teazel
I am filling in for Rolytoly today, who is on holiday at the moment – I know not where! Roly will do the next two Thursdays after he gets back. I found that I wasn’t … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1388 by Teazel”
Times 27393 – What’s up, Doc? I can see a planet or two.
I’ll be interested to learn how others got on with this puzzle. I found it a game of two halves, as the cliché goes. I stared for a while at the early clues before finding … Read more “Times 27393 – What’s up, Doc? I can see a planet or two.”
Times Quick Cryptic 1387 by Oink
This took me a bit longer than Oink’s 2.2 on jackkt’s hardenss scale might suggest, but not a lot. We have this setter’s trademark porcine clue making an appearance at the top of the bill, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1387 by Oink”
QC League Table of difficulty by Setter…
Back by popular demand (i.e. one person asked for it yesterday) I bring you an update of my analysis of QC difficulty levels by Setter. It’s based entirely on my own solving times and whether … Read more “QC League Table of difficulty by Setter…”