14:57. A thoroughly enjoyable of medium difficulty, thank you Harry. And other than a few specific points on particular clues below, that’s all I have to say on the matter so I’ll just get on … Read more “Sunday Times 4918 by David McLean”
Month: September 2020
Mephisto 3131 – Tim Moorey
I didn’t get to this until after I blogged Thursday’s daily puzzle, and it seems it was my week as there was quite a bit of chemistry spread between these two! My particular expertise in … Read more “Mephisto 3131 – Tim Moorey”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1455 – 22nd August
Hi all. A quick one from me this week. I’ve been a busy bee, and now my brain is so scrambled that I don’t know what kind of creature I am, let alone have anything … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1455 – 22nd August”
Times Cryptic No 27756 – Saturday, 29 August 2020. Never a dull clue.
In spite of the setter’s self-deprecation in 5ac and 10ac, this was a very entertaining puzzle. The five double definitions really stood out. At first sight, I thought a couple of other clues were DDs … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27756 – Saturday, 29 August 2020. Never a dull clue.”
Quick Cryptic 1694 by Trelawney
Nice and easy this week. Hard to pick a winner, but I rather like 18dn for its absurd surface. 5 minutes for me. Across 1 Greek character with naughty crime at sea (6) PIRACY – PI + … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1694 by Trelawney”
Times 27,761: I Could Be Bounded In A 15×15 And Count Myself King Of Infinite Space…
If this turns out to be the hardest puzzle of the week I think it’ll be mostly accidentally, Monday to Thursday having held nothing TOO strenuous, if memory serves. This had a couple of interesting … Read more “Times 27,761: I Could Be Bounded In A 15×15 And Count Myself King Of Infinite Space…”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1693 by Teazel
A good, but chewy QC from Teazel that took every second of my 15 minute target to solve and submit, but with TOILE parsed after submission. Some general knowledge is required, but nothing too obtuse … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1693 by Teazel”
Times 27760 – rumour and 26
Well I hit the submit button at 8:53, feeling very good about this one, but I didn’t check carefully enough and I had a typo in 26 across, so there goes what I think might … Read more “Times 27760 – rumour and 26”
Times 27759 – nay, Bob’s your rich uncle.
A pleasant romp, nothing too obscure for me, with a couple of homophones that (for once) weren’t dodgy. I nearly went wrong with the unchecked sixth letter of 25a, but plumped for the right spelling … Read more “Times 27759 – nay, Bob’s your rich uncle.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1692 by Oink
Introduction 8:59. Was hoping to do better, but I think I will have to get better at doing anagrams without pencil and paper if I’m to improve. Nothing much to comment on. Is there something … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1692 by Oink”