Plenty of plant and animal life in this amusing but gentle puzzle today, with a couple of more obscure trees or flowers guessable if you didn’t know them. I was a bit surprised to see … Read more “Times 27513 – botanical, ornithological, and what Daddy wouldn’t buy me.”
Month: November 2019
Times Quick Cryptic 1487 by Pedro
Not easy for me, resorting to the downs to get anywhere, and ending up with my worst time in a while. I thought that all four long answers were difficult to get, despite seeing how … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1487 by Pedro”
Times Cryptic 27512
Solving time: 52 minutes. There are some quite complicated constructions here but easy stuff too so that it was not difficult to get footholds around the grid and build from there. As usual definitions are underlined … Read more “Times Cryptic 27512”
Times Quick Cryptic 1486 by Wurm
11 minutes needed here to complete an interesting QC full of great surfaces. In addition to familiar QC fare, there are a few twists in the parsing which would have made Agatha Christie happy. I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1486 by Wurm”
QC 1485 by Joker
Another easy Monday puzzle. I think the FOI was 1A, and LOI was 5D, but once again, as with the last one I blogged, not because that was the most diffcult clue but just because … Read more “QC 1485 by Joker”
Times 27511 – A loud and heated discussion!
Time: 23 minutesMusic: Aretha Franklin, Aretha Gold We are back to easy Monday, albeit with a couple of amusing potential headlines. The best one was the ‘Digress Debate’ at the ‘Noisy Parthenon’, but I also … Read more “Times 27511 – A loud and heated discussion!”
Sunday Times 4876 by Dean Mayer
9:58. A pretty gentle one from Dean this week, but of the usual high quality. Nothing terribly difficult or obscure, but a couple of uncommon usages (floss, faction, cat) to keep the interest level up. … Read more “Sunday Times 4876 by Dean Mayer”
Mephisto 3089 – Tim Moorey
Greetings all, I’m fighting the strange connectivity issues with the hotel internet here so this may be a sparse blog. In the Mephisto all answers can be confirmed in Chambers so I will focus on … Read more “Mephisto 3089 – Tim Moorey”
Times Cryptic No 27504 – Saturday 9 November 2019. The deuce of a puzzle.
I suspect this was a hard one. It’s hard for me to be sure because I had a very full weekend, but after looking at it several times in free intervals, I only had 9ac … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27504 – Saturday 9 November 2019. The deuce of a puzzle.”
Jumbo 1408
Mostly straightforward but I do have an issue with the definition in 31A – more detail below. Hopefully someone can provide more support. I don’t have any particular favourite among the other clues. Across 1 … Read more “Jumbo 1408”