A neat quick crossword from Mara today with a good variety of clues. Nothing too tricky, I think, but you do need to “lift and separate” a couple of times – COD to one of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1699 by Mara”
Month: September 2020
Times 27,767: Liblab Thug
Cracking Friday puzzle I thought, with lots of interesting GK require to successfully negotiate its nuances: just look at the triple bill from 12 through 16 down… I enjoyed “mug’s hot!” and “behind houses” but … Read more “Times 27,767: Liblab Thug”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1698 by Felix
A top-notch QC, pitched towards the easier end of medium difficulty. I came in two minutes under target, about half the time it took for Tuesday’s done just beforehand. But that was without noticing the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1698 by Felix”
27766 Thursday, 10 September 2020 Questa o quella per me pari sono
Another in my series of Puzzles That Took Longer Than Perhaps They Should, occupying me for almost 30 minutes, but I liked it a lot. Throughout the surfaces are clean and plausible, and the wordplay … Read more “27766 Thursday, 10 September 2020 Questa o quella per me pari sono”
Times 27765 – as plain as a sticky thing.
Lots of good stuff here, and not much given away in the form of anagrams. I enjoyed this, although it may not suit our overseas friends so much, requiring some local knowledge and an interest … Read more “Times 27765 – as plain as a sticky thing.”
Times Quick Cryptic 1697 by Izetti
It’s been a while since I blogged an Izetti*, and I solved this one without knowing the setter’s identity (on my phone). I should have guessed, but missed the trademark religious reference (4dn today, I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1697 by Izetti”
Times Quick Cryptic 1696 by Joker
With honourable mentions to 9ac and 10dn, COD goes to 18ac which took some crunching and took me just over my 10 minute target, but did so with humour. In fact, the whole puzzle was … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1696 by Joker”
Times Cryptic 27764
Solving time: 53 minutes. My timing confirms that I didn’t find this so easy. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other … Read more “Times Cryptic 27764”
Times 27763 – In the loop
Time: 19 minutesMusic: Bob Marley, Babylon By Bus Another easy Monday, despite the grid having so many long answers – I was definitely on the wavelength, The only one I wasn’t sure of was the … Read more “Times 27763 – In the loop”
QC 1695 by Tracy
This week we are back in the nursery with a very easy puzzle. Pretty much all the answers went in in sequence without much thought and the only thing that held me up (as usual) … Read more “QC 1695 by Tracy”