I struggled with the long anagrams, in fact, I struggled with almost everything around the grid. I suspect that wasn’t my finest quarter of an hour. LOI by about 2 minutes was 15dn as I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1626 by Mara”
Month: June 2020
Monthly Club Special 20,236: Oh Stewardess? I Speak 24D
I found this quite hard work overall, despite a fair proportion of straightforward clues in the mix: there were a few real stinkers to balance them out, of which LOI 12dn was the ringleader. COD … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,236: Oh Stewardess? I Speak 24D”
QC 1625 by Joker
Back with you later than expected, with ‘my’ puzzle having been accidentally blogged by Peter a couple of weeks ago during the Times mix-up. Since last time, when I was grateful for a relatively easy … Read more “QC 1625 by Joker”
Times 27679 – Can you name all eight?
Time: 21 minutesMusic: McCoy Tyner, Focal Point This is another easy Monday, in which there are only a few obscsure words, but those are very generously clued. Since I have become so addicted to Mephisto, … Read more “Times 27679 – Can you name all eight?”