I found this one a bit on the tough side. It’s not that there were no easy clues, but they seemed to all be located on the right side of the grid. This made for … Read more “Mephisto 3156 – Persistence? Determination? Resolve?”
Day: 27th February 2021
Sunday Times Cryptic 4943, by Dean Mayer — No major hurdles…
and I am sure I could’ve cracked the fifteen-letter 5 first of all, if Saturday Night Live had not just come on and if the first thing I saw when glancing at the newly printed … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4943, by Dean Mayer — No major hurdles…”
Times Cryptic No 27906 – Saturday, 20 February 2021. What mental block?
I was stuck on this for ages, with three clues unsolved. To clear my mind, I started preparing the blog. Joy – all three jumped out after the break! It’s not an easy puzzle, but … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27906 – Saturday, 20 February 2021. What mental block?”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1483 – 13 February 2021
So hello, here I am again, standing in for Simon Hanson for a while. Since my first blog in November 2009, I have blogged, at one time or another, almost all of the crosswords that … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1483 – 13 February 2021”