Sunday Times Cryptic No 4933 by David McLean — Take it easy on the curves…

What    a      tonic        for          my            nerves… I indicate (man as rag)* like this, and italicize anagrinds in the clues. ACROSS  1 Country girl on booze university … (8) PORTUGAL — PORT, “booze” with GAL, “girl” + U(niversity) attached  5 … lectured for … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic No 4933 by David McLean — Take it easy on the curves…”

Times Cryptic No 27846 – Saturday, 12 December 2020. Lost for words.

In the quiz category “crosswords as a foreign language”, I did quite poorly on vocabulary this week! The answers at 2dn and 6dn have both come up occasionally before, as has the word for “seaweed” … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27846 – Saturday, 12 December 2020. Lost for words.”

Times Cryptic Jumbo 1471 – The one where I can’t think of a clever title

I’m guessing this was of roughly average difficulty.  I was watching football on the telly at the same time as solving so my time of just over an hour isn’t really a reliable guide.  Writing … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1471 – The one where I can’t think of a clever title”