Very hard indeed, but very good indeed, and quite an education in obscure currencies from all around the globe. COD to the ingenious Italianate stylings of 4ac, but I also very much liked À LA … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,243: Strange Currencies”
Day: 31st December 2020
Times 27,863: Seafood Diet
Happy New Year! 2021 gets off to a gentle start with this five-minuter (from where I was sitting) – probably best not to risk anything too challenging when people are nursing their hangovers from Hogmanay. … Read more “Times 27,863: Seafood Diet”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1778 by Orpheus
I had one of those frustrating solves – not often a fault of the setter – where you rattle through most of it before getting stuck on the last one or two clues: here I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1778 by Orpheus”
27862 Thursday, 31 December 2020 And so, the end is near…
I went to 18.27 with this one, hampered at the last by a misplaced letter in a crossing clue which made the author at 10 cross impossible to work out. Once sorted, the guy was … Read more “27862 Thursday, 31 December 2020 And so, the end is near…”