An easy solve, finished over lunch. Always nice. I liked the appearance of the brass band instrument, but my clue of the day was the pun at 1dn. Thanks to the setter for a very … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27582 – Saturday, 08 February 2020. Oom-pah-pah.”
Month: February 2020
Jumbo 1423
Well that was fun! My turn to blog coincided with the publication of a Superjumbo crossword with 90 clues (normally 60 ish – do I get time and a half?) to celebrate the 90 years … Read more “Jumbo 1423”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1549 by Pedro
A nice quick crossword to end the week from Pedro. One or two tricky bits of wordplay, I think, but I readily got several answers from the definitions first and then worked out the wordplay. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1549 by Pedro”
Times 27,587: Wide Sagacious Setter
Now this is what I want to see on a Friday – a tough, clever puzzle which keeps many of its secrets past the 10 minute mark and indeed into the parsing. 12ac, 20ac, 22ac, … Read more “Times 27,587: Wide Sagacious Setter”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1548 by Felix
Lots to like today in a good quality puzzle from Felix. I was held up a bit at the end by not expecting a second “hidden” clue – it’s an unoffical rule to only appear … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1548 by Felix”
27586 Thursday, 13 February 2020 Round and round and round we go
I have to admit to this being a rather dozy solve over 24 minutes with a single typo which I should have spotted and (probably) a rather dozy exposition. An impressive five “rounds” appear in … Read more “27586 Thursday, 13 February 2020 Round and round and round we go”
Times 27585 – Second TCC heat, third puzzle I assume.
Penfold_61 in last Wednesday’s blog comments told us that puzzle 27579 was the third in the booklet, so presumably this was the second, but the last in the heats to be blogged. I wish the … Read more “Times 27585 – Second TCC heat, third puzzle I assume.”
Times Quick Cryptic 1547 by Orpheus
These are quite devious clues in which several parts have been handpicked for their ambiguity. This made for a tricky but ultimately satisfying solve. There are also some minor obscurities, but these are balanced by … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1547 by Orpheus”
Times Cryptic 27584
My solving time was off the scale although I found the right-hand side reasonably straightforward. I came a cropper on the left and technically this was a DNF as I ran out of stamina at10ac … Read more “Times Cryptic 27584”
Times Quick Cryptic 1546 by Teazel
There are some great clues in here – with my appreciation of them and a very clever/fiendish (delete as appropriate) 21ac and 6dn long delay at the end left me in SCC territory at 16 … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1546 by Teazel”