Straightforward by Friday standards, with a lot of clues that I think of as Cryptic Jumbo-type constructions, nothing too fancy or frivolous. FOI 4ac, LOI 23ac. I mostly liked the “always ignores over” device in … Read more “Times 27,851: The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Clue-sic”
Day: 17th December 2020
Times Quick Cryptic No 1768 by Izetti
Bit of a chewy one today from Izetti: I did yesterday’s just beforehand in 7 minutes and this in 13. I was held up slightly at the end at 6d/16ac, but the grid was half … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1768 by Izetti”
27850 Thursday, 17 December 2020 Say no more.
A pretty whizzy solve today after yesterday’s championship swine, which occupied me more or less straight through for a second or so under 13 minutes. Even the plant at 16 was familiar enough for me … Read more “27850 Thursday, 17 December 2020 Say no more.”