I found this Mephisto quite difficult, and was stuck for a long while with only about 1/3 of it done. I really needed to grind to get going again, and even then each answer had … Read more “Mephisto 3150 – Double your words, double your fun!”
Day: 16th January 2021
Sunday Times Cryptic 4937, by Dean Mayer — Crumbs of comfort
This time I’m writing this up almost a week after the working. The character of my marks indicates that I filled it in pretty quickly—when there’s a tough one, I like, for some reason, to … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4937, by Dean Mayer — Crumbs of comfort”
Times Cryptic No 27870 – Saturday, 9 January 2021. Don’t drink or drive.
In these times of Christmas celebrations, COVID lockdowns, and summer travel (this side of the equator), the sort of police controls at 1ac loom large! Not that any of those things trouble our household … … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27870 – Saturday, 9 January 2021. Don’t drink or drive.”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1477 – 2nd January
I know I asked for more tricky ones when I blogged Jumbo 1442… and, lucky me, I got it in spades this time. “A bit of a beast” one or two of my pals have … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1477 – 2nd January”