Greetings from a big house in Northumberland, where I am having to learn how to do crosswords (a) in the morning and (b) the worse for wear by many glasses of wine again. Our group … Read more “TImes 27,479: Holy Island, Batman!”
Month: October 2019
Times Quick Cryptic No 1459 by Wurm
A good Friday workout from Wurm today, with plenty of cleverness and deception. I enjoyed this a lot, but I suspect some of our less experienced solvers (and maybe even some of our more experienced … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1459 by Wurm”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1458 by Hurley
An enjoyable, average-difficulty puzzle from Hurley. I usually like to try the across clues first, which seemed like a slight handicap today, what with that nice big 7d on the far left – without it … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1458 by Hurley”
27478 Thursday, 10 October 2019 Awash with clergy
Not my fastest ever solve in just under 31 minutes, and early results suggest it was on the tougher side. I can’t quite put my finger on why, although some of the wordplay took some … Read more “27478 Thursday, 10 October 2019 Awash with clergy”
Times 27477 – nothing to be afraid of, or 7d.
An enjoyable 21 minutes without rushing, 3d being the only obscure answer which I did vaguely know but had to dredge from the grey depths. I’m usually floored by Scottish dialect words but both of … Read more “Times 27477 – nothing to be afraid of, or 7d.”
Times Quick Cryptic 1457 by Izetti
Well… I made a complete hash of this – very much hope you did better. After my average completion time, I had only 5 answers, and not so much as an inkling about how any … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1457 by Izetti”
Times Cryptic 27476
I completed this in 39 minutes which is good going for me at the moment. There are some very good clues and I especially liked 20ac and 25ac although the latter will probably cause consternation … Read more “Times Cryptic 27476”
Times Quick Cryptic 1456 by Tracy
Plain sailing today (but not the blue riband of yesterday) – taking just on 8 minutes. COD to 12dn for the surface. Not a great deal more to say from me – over to you. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1456 by Tracy”
Times 27475 – A bit on the cool side?
Time: 42 minutesMusic: Don Giovanni Highlights, Klemperer EMI This one should have been easy, and I definitely made a mess of it. Besides not being very good with wines, I penciled in several dividing lines … Read more “Times 27475 – A bit on the cool side?”
QC 1455 by Joker
I found this very easy. In fact I think it would have been a PB if I had sat down and done it under exam conditions. As it was though I got started, realised I … Read more “QC 1455 by Joker”