There will be jubilation in certain quarters when I say that I honestly have no time to say anything this week except: 1. Medium difficulty2. FOI: 5A3. LOI: 13A4. COD: 1A Many thanks to Hurley … Read more “QC 1465 by Hurley”
Month: October 2019
Times 27487 – A Picasso in the works!
Time: 66 minutesMusic: Oliver Nelson, Blues and the Abstract Truth I don’t know about you, but I found this very clever and very tough. If you don’t pay careful attention to the cryptics, you won’t … Read more “Times 27487 – A Picasso in the works!”
Sunday Times 4872 by Robert Price
7:09. A pretty easy one from Bob this week, but none the worse for that. There are lots of fun and creative clues in here, starting with a neat ‘answer as clue’ number at 1ac … Read more “Sunday Times 4872 by Robert Price”
Mephisto 3085 – Don Manley
A puzzle so nice I had to share it twice. I’m off on a golf weekend in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, and I thought I had brought my printed copy of the puzzle … Read more “Mephisto 3085 – Don Manley”
Times Cryptic No 27480 – Saturday, 12 October 2019. By weight or by volume?
Well, that was too hard for me! Two clues had wordplay that could be used to confirm the (unknown) answer, but for me weren’t specific enough to construct it. Several other answers I biffed, and … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27480 – Saturday, 12 October 2019. By weight or by volume?”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1404: Nothing To Share A Stake At
Greetings this week from Estes Park, Colorado, on the edge of the Rocky Mountain National Park, into which tomorrow morning I shall be venturing, full of missionary zeal to bring news of the Times Cryptic … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1404: Nothing To Share A Stake At”
Quick Cryptic 1464 by Tracy
Well, I started badly by solving yesterday’s by mistake, then wondering why Therotter had already blogged it and 30+ people had already commented on it. The perils of leaving browser windows open. Anyway, this was … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1464 by Tracy”
Times 27,485: Copularity Pontest
I completed this comfortably inside of 10 minutes, but it could have been quicker if I hadn’t entered 10ac as “COPULA”, which left the intersecting down clues a lot harder to make head or tail … Read more “Times 27,485: Copularity Pontest”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1463 by Juno
I predict that some will have some difficulties with this offering from Juno. For the second time this week this took me the wrong side of 20 minutes, 5 over my target, at least partly … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1463 by Juno”
Times 27484 – a solver in training
Time taken: 11:01. Relieved that this was correct as there is one answer that went in completely from wordplay, and I’m going to have to figure out how the definition plays in to things as … Read more “Times 27484 – a solver in training”