I scattered clues around the grid with compete abandon, ignoring any semblance of systematic solving and rather moving on from clues I couldn’t resolve without the kind of relentless concentration that leads to a proper … Read more “27802 Thursday, 22 October 2020 Nothing Nietzsche couldn’t teach yer..”
Month: October 2020
Times 27801 – a souper test for your anagram skills.
I liked this, a classic type puzzle with several tricky anagrams and nothing obscure (unless you don’t know French). I particularly liked 14a, 22a, 26a and 16d. I expect many will biff 6d and 10d … Read more “Times 27801 – a souper test for your anagram skills.”
Times Quick Cryptic 1727 by Mara
An abundance of cleverly hidden answers, great anagrams and a touch of inventiveness, so there’s lots to enjoy. I never got into the flow, however, and had to ‘start again’ with an unchecked word a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1727 by Mara”
Times Cryptic 27800
Solving time: 30 minutes. Not much of a challenge for experienced solvers and some clues would not be out of place in a QC. Enjoyable enough nonetheless. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, … Read more “Times Cryptic 27800”
Times Quick Cryptic 1726 by Izetti
Firstly, may I point you to jerrywh’s blog yesterday on the Leap of Faith crossword – in case you missed it and, like me, had no idea there was one, let alone two, new Wodehousian … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1726 by Izetti”
Jeeves & the Leap of Faith Crossword 19 October 2020
We have a new, one-off crossword today and finding it interesting, I thought I would totter off the subs bench and blog it for you.I have been a fan of PG Wodehouse for many years. … Read more “Jeeves & the Leap of Faith Crossword 19 October 2020”
Times Quick Cryptic 1725 by Breadman
I’m sitting in for Don today who will return in two weeks. At 8 minutes this was a straightforward solve for me but as always I shall be interested to read how others found it. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1725 by Breadman”
Times 27799 – Lenehan is back!
Time: 27 minutesMusic: Ravel, Daphnis and Chloe, Munch/BPO Another easy Monday? Well, easy if you follow the cryptics. We’re not allowed to use the answers in the blog titles (you bloggers do remember this rule, … Read more “Times 27799 – Lenehan is back!”
Mephisto 3137 – Tim Moorey
Vinyl1 posted after last week’s puzzle that he had a few questions over this one. I didn’t fare too badly, though there was one abbreviation that I didn’t find in Chambers and had to look … Read more “Mephisto 3137 – Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 4924 by David McLean
7:43. A pretty easy one from Harry this week, without much by way of talking points. Mostly familiar vocabulary although I don’t remember coming across 8dn before. I’m not entirely sure of my parsing of … Read more “Sunday Times 4924 by David McLean”