Acceptable Friday fare, not too “abstruse” but not without some little deviosities either. For my part I got well bogged down in the NE corner by having essayed PLAY FIGHT as some kind of weak … Read more “Times 27,659: 75 Years Of Unconditional Surrender (To Crosswords)”
Day: 7th May 2020
Times Quick Cryptic No 1608 by Trelawney
Very enjoyable puzzle today, pitched towards the easier end, which Trelawney has been tending to do on about a monthly basis since first setting all the way back in those joyous, carefree, touchy-feely days of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1608 by Trelawney”
27658 Thursday, 7 May 2020 “Two households, both alike in dignity”
I found this a cheerful enough number, with intelligent and witty clues and nothing I could see that was obscure. My last two in, the mostly harmless crossing pair at 3d and 14a took my … Read more “27658 Thursday, 7 May 2020 “Two households, both alike in dignity””