I found this quite challenging and there were some rather brilliant feats of cluing, in particular the breaking down and reconstructions of words such as 33dn and especially my LOI (by a mile) and COD … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1444: In Which Moustachios Are Twirled”
Day: 20th June 2020
Sunday Times 4907, by Dean Mayer — Going Up ’T Country
Take a deep breath… it’s really a BREEZE! For some reason, this puzzle seemed a lot harder at first (I didn’t even see the hidden word—what else could it have been?!) than it turned out … Read more “Sunday Times 4907, by Dean Mayer — Going Up ’T Country”
Times Cryptic No 27690 – Saturday, 13 June 2020. In the meantime …
In the meantime, in between time, ain’t we got fun? This crossword took us from sunup with the swelling sound of birdsong (kookaburras, for example) to sundown (time for supper), but it was a quick … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27690 – Saturday, 13 June 2020. In the meantime …”