I found this not as hard as Pedro’s yesterday, but still a tricky enough challenge from Tracy today to end the week. There are one or two stretchy definitions and an unusual double anagram, but … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1659 by Tracy”
Month: July 2020
Times 27,719: When It Comes To The Crunch, Double Your Unch
A crossword of middling difficulty, with some fairly easy clues commingling with slightly sneakier offerings – nothing at all wrong with that. My COD for its clever cryptic merging seamlessly into the surface is 11ac, … Read more “Times 27,719: When It Comes To The Crunch, Double Your Unch”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1658 by Pedro
A bit on the trickier side today, I found – the RHS certainly looked pretty sparse after a first read through of the acrosses, with only 19 and 23 going in. I don’t have an … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1658 by Pedro”
27718 Thursday, 16 July 2020 In my end is my beginning
I found this rather stiff going, particularly as the NW corner was pretty unyielding, though in retrospect I’m not quite sure why. The vocab is occasionally from the further reaches of the dictionary, particularly the … Read more “27718 Thursday, 16 July 2020 In my end is my beginning”
Times Quick Cryptic 1657 by Teazel
Posting a bit later than usual – apologies to our esteemed friends across the pond. This one held me up a little, taking me average time and a half, but I can’t see why now. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1657 by Teazel”
Times 27717 – bird watching.
A mostly straightforward puzzle, this, but with a few odd bits that caused me to slow down at the end. A bird I didn’t know but was clear from the wordplay, and another three letter … Read more “Times 27717 – bird watching.”
Times Cryptic 27716
Apart from my solving time of 32 minutes I can’t think of anything to add here ahead of the blog so I shall just let it speak for itself. As usual definitions are underlined in … Read more “Times Cryptic 27716”
Times Quick Cryptic 1656 by Izetti
At 8:04 this solve was 1 second faster than yesterday’s which was generally considered to be an easy start to the week. Lots to enjoy. With a fair smattering of question marks, I’ve been trying … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1656 by Izetti”
QC 1655 by Trelawney
Sorry, no time to say very much this week, too much going on in the world outside the blogosphere. Another very gentle Monday. One of those ones where I think I might have had a … Read more “QC 1655 by Trelawney”
Times 27715 – Peanut butter? Peter Biddlecombe?
Time: 11 minutesMusic: None, outdoor porch solve No, the correct answer is Personal Best. I was really on the wavelength for this one, and unlike all those maddening puzzles where you put in all the … Read more “Times 27715 – Peanut butter? Peter Biddlecombe?”