I don’t have any scribbles or question marks on my grid, so this must have been on the easier side of Mephistos. I did have to look up a few in Chambers after figuring out … Read more “Mephisto 3145 – Don Manley”
Month: December 2020
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1470 – 28th November
Hello to you all, on my last Jumbo blog of 2020. Where has the year gone? (And if your automatic answer to that is swear-free, you’re a better human than me!) Anyway, I wish you … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1470 – 28th November”
Times Cryptic No 27840 – Saturday, 5 December 2020.
I did this puzzle in snatches during a busy Saturday, so I don’t know how long it would have taken under normal conditions. The standout clue for me was 1dn. I had no idea what … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27840 – Saturday, 5 December 2020.”
Quick Cryptic 1764 by Tracy
Nothing to scare the horses here, I think. Overall a nice set of surfaces, my favourite has to be 10ac. 6 minutes for me. Across 1 Look at and follow monitor (8) WATCHDOG – WATCH … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1764 by Tracy”
Times 27,845: AA Antipolitics
Right up my street, this puzzle, with a very high classics (9ac, 25ac, 20dn) and quizzy GK content, plus plenty of expostulations (6ac, 8dn, 12dn) that I yell out all the time in the process … Read more “Times 27,845: AA Antipolitics”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1763 by Felix
Twenty eight clues and answers, and much to enjoy in this crossword puzzle from Felix, who I last blogged back in January (No 1533), at the start of this strange year. On that occasion, his … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1763 by Felix”
Times 27844 – in which we fail miserably
Often I complain about silly typos, but at 17:41, I hit submit expecting that I had at least one of four answers incorrect, but could not think of another option for any of them. Turns … Read more “Times 27844 – in which we fail miserably”
Times 27843 – something of a quickstep.
In the time it probably took Verlaine to finish this, I had read all the clues and put in only a couple in the lower half. Then suddenly I saw more and quickly completed almost … Read more “Times 27843 – something of a quickstep.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1762 by Mara
Introduction 6:37. I felt like I moved briskly, but there were several answers I couldn’t get until I had crossing letters, so my suspicion is there are some harder synonyms involved in this puzzle. As … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1762 by Mara”
Times Cryptic 27842
Solving time: 36 minutes. An enjoyable and varied challenge with nothing obscure and only a couple of references unknown to me. I’ve added a new comment to my standard blurb below. As usual definitions are … Read more “Times Cryptic 27842”