I didn’t find this a pushover, but more to the exotic vocabulary choices rather than anything especially devious about the cluing: the parsings below are largely straightforward. CASCARA went in early but I was rather … Read more “Times 27,875: He Floats In The Air With X, Ys and Zs”
Day: 14th January 2021
Times Quick Cryptic No 1788 by Mara
A bit the trickier side of things, I found, and despite several clues that seemed familiar from crosswords past there were a couple of sticking points that left me a bit over two minutes over … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1788 by Mara”
27874 Thursday, 14 January 2021 Unimpeachable
I found this rather easy and whizzed through in 11.31 scarcely pausing for breath and (truthfully) making sure the wordplay worked. Unusually, there is no “hidden” answer, and no every-other-letter clue, and only two anagrams … Read more “27874 Thursday, 14 January 2021 Unimpeachable”