Greetings all Tricky puzzle from Tim Moorey this time, but a good one for fans of wordplay, there were a lot of clues where I pieced together the wordplay and then checked in on the … Read more “Mephisto 3107 – Tim Moorey”
Month: March 2020
Times Cryptic No 27612 – Saturday, 14 March 2020. Everything you could ask for.
This puzzle was much easier than the previous week, with ‘starter’ clues like 24dn and 26dn, followed by meatier things that covered a broad range of general knowledge, but were guessable if you didn’t know. … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27612 – Saturday, 14 March 2020. Everything you could ask for.”
Jumbo 1428
I don’t have much to add to the blog below – a standard Saturday Jumbo. I think that the clue to 16A could be made a little more accurate, but it is not really a … Read more “Jumbo 1428”
Quick Cryptic 1574 by Joker
Fairly straighforward, though 16a and 7d might cause difficulty. just over 8 minutes for me Across 1 Thin tree chopped up, a number being bad (8) THIRTEEN – anagram (‘chopped up’) of THIN TREE 5 … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1574 by Joker”
Times 27,617: Fridays, How We’ve Missed You
You know it’s a Friday, or it bally well should be, when Latinate terms like 11, 20 and 22ac are liberally interspersed with YEAH and SOZ and ALLEY-OOP; and Baruch, Boris and César happily rub … Read more “Times 27,617: Fridays, How We’ve Missed You”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1573 by Pedro
This was comfortably inside my upper (generous?) time limit at 14 minutes, but again, held some traps. Hopefully, you will have managed to complete in a reasonable time yourselves. I see neither theme nor NINA, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1573 by Pedro”
Times 27616 – one for you to 10 before it 15 you
Solving time: 8:54. A little faster than my usual, but I think I might have just been on the wavelength here, as there are some unusual phrases and entries where the wordplay came quickly to … Read more “Times 27616 – one for you to 10 before it 15 you”
Times 27615 – back to normal, unlike my life.
After ten weeks of blogging the 2019 TCC puzzles retrospectively, each of which many of our community had seen before (if not remembered!), I’m now back on track with this quirky and medium difficulty midweek … Read more “Times 27615 – back to normal, unlike my life.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1572 by Tracy
Introduction Was it just me? I found this hard. It took me about 20 minutes, although I was distracted planning a 4th birthday party. But, no, I think this one was hard. Solutions Across 1 … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1572 by Tracy”
Times Cryptic 27614
I’ve no solving time to offer as I nodded of at my first attempt with fewer than a quarter of the answers in place. On resumption a little later I completed the grid in 29 … Read more “Times Cryptic 27614”