Friday-acceptable without being the sternest challenge of the week – I’ve got my eye on you, Mr Rogan, and your Friday-disrespecting ways. Anyway there are two really good lift-and-separates in here, some well-judged definitions, and … Read more “Times 27,671: I Slept, And Dreamt That Life Was Beauty…”
Month: May 2020
Times Quick Cryptic No 1618 by Hurley
I had most of this polished off by the 6 minute mark, but it took almost as long again to unravel the remaining three (14ac, 22ac and 15d). A large part of that was due … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1618 by Hurley”
27670 Thursday, 21 May 2020 Kill’d i’ the Capitol
I’m not sure whether I found this tricky because it is, or because I was tackling it after a long and unusually busy day. You will see that there were several clues which I only … Read more “27670 Thursday, 21 May 2020 Kill’d i’ the Capitol”
Times 27669 – nothing more to add? Just sprinkles.
Every now and again, along comes a puzzle on a Wednesday which is perfecty satisfactory, and of medium difficulty, but about which your blogger finds it hard to construct a suitably incisive or witty commentary. … Read more “Times 27669 – nothing more to add? Just sprinkles.”
Times Quick Cryptic 1617 by Mara
I thought this was kind of tricky, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this is one of those puzzles that splits us down the middle; the more experienced solvers not really noticing the sideways, superficial … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1617 by Mara”
Times Cryptic 27668
Solving time: 66 minutes. A lot of this was hard, I thought. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in … Read more “Times Cryptic 27668”
Times Quick Cryptic 1616 by Wurm
I particularly enjoyed this puzzle as it seemed to be that good blend of challenge and get-ability which makes a QC. There were also many smiles along the way notably 1, 9, 15, and 16 … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1616 by Wurm”
Quick Cryptic 1615 by Tracy
Nothing to scare the horses too much here. Inspired by Templarredux’s feat from my last blogging day, I have decided to try and do all QCs as ‘clean sweeps’, i.e. do all the clues strictly … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1615 by Tracy”
Times 27667 – Linux, of course!
Time: 31 minutesMusic, Prokofiev, Symphony #7, Martinon/PCO Another easy Monday, you might say, although as usual I put in most of the answers and then hit a bit of a slow patch in the brazenness/zillionth/singsong … Read more “Times 27667 – Linux, of course!”
Sunday Times 4902 by Robert Price
8:46. A pretty straightforward one from Bob this week, but highly enjoyable with lots of concise and inventive clues. Nothing obscure or difficult, just good clean fun. 12dn appeared in almost identical form in one … Read more “Sunday Times 4902 by Robert Price”