My better half and I agreed this week that the daily sudoku puzzles in our morning paper seem to be getting easier. Is it a coronavirus thing? In similar vein, it’s been quite a while … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27774 – Saturday, 19 September 2020. Another Pleasant Puzzle Saturday.”
Month: September 2020
Times Quick Cryptic No 1709 by Alfie
Today’s quick crossword is from Alfie, a setter who always (under that pseudonym) provides a crossword with an alphabetical twist. And indeed this one has too, as hinted at by 1A and 11A. I’ll not … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1709 by Alfie”
Times 27,779: Fyodor Trotsky
A little disappointing difficulty-wise at the end of an above-averagely easy week, but I found much in here to enjoy, with some really exceptional surfaces. 17dn was very jolly but I think I’ll give COD … Read more “Times 27,779: Fyodor Trotsky”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1708 by Teazel
A bit of a trickier one today from Teazel – at a minute-and-a-half over target this took a touch longer than yesterday’s 15×15, with five fewer clues. That was also with several unparsed until post-solve, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1708 by Teazel”
27778 Thursday, 24 September 2020 It’s time to crack open the Bolly
Not much more demanding than yesterday’s, and as far as I can tell lacking the extraordinary NINA in the first letters of the across clues. I polished this off in 13.37. It helps if you … Read more “27778 Thursday, 24 September 2020 It’s time to crack open the Bolly”
Times 27777 – two and the Angel Number will look after us.
This was a fast solve and a not very exciting crossword for me, I can’t find much to say about it, except it was disappointing for a Wednesday. So I noticed it was #27777. I … Read more “Times 27777 – two and the Angel Number will look after us.”
Times Quick Cryptic 1707 by Orpheus
Nice puzzle – average time. Following on from yesterday’s Japanese poetry lesson, I was forced to guess a bit more general knowledge today (18ac, 20ac), and I was slow to think of the required woman … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1707 by Orpheus”
Times Cryptic 27776
Solving time: 52 minutes. Not overly difficult but there was quite a lot to think about here, for me at least. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly … Read more “Times Cryptic 27776”
Times Quick Cryptic 1706 by Izetti
I was interrupted half way through this so don’t have time to reflect level of difficulty but I would say this is at the easier end of the Izetti spectrum. As, usual, there’s lots to … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1706 by Izetti”
QC 1705 by Mara
A very enjoyable puzzle for the start to the week. Fairly straightforward as is the Monday tradition but once again I did enjoy quite a few of the clues even though they didn’t hold out … Read more “QC 1705 by Mara”