In this puzzle I was delighted to find, like a shiny prize at the bottom of the Cracker Jack box, a word heretofore utterly unknown to me, and which I can’t even imagine running across … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4901, by Dean Mayer — Paint It, Red”
Day: 9th May 2020
Times Cryptic No 27654 – Saturday, 2 May 2020. Follow the Yellow Brick Road.
It’s a beautiful, sparkling autumn day as I write this blog in the Emerald City, so I found it a little ironic that my last answer in was the one with the Oz reference. Never … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27654 – Saturday, 2 May 2020. Follow the Yellow Brick Road.”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1436 – I shot a man in Reno
I thought this was a fairly gentle lockdown offering, taking about 40 minutes including parsing everything. First in was BRIDGE at 1d (I sometimes have a cheeky look at 1d if I don’t get 1a … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1436 – I shot a man in Reno”