Introduction 5:22. Plenty of anagrams (and not very long or obscure ones) made this a very accessible puzzle for me. Solutions A brief summary of cryptic crosswords —feel free to skip— : Each clue has … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1832 by Mara”
Month: March 2021
Times Cryptic 27926
My solving time was 35 minutes and I found it quite straightforward. There were a couple of unknown bits and pieces but assisted by friendly wordplay. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions … Read more “Times Cryptic 27926”
Times Quick Cryptic 1831 by Orpheus
No time to declare as I was interrupted but I think this will prove to be on the harder side. There’s the odd philosopher and Dickensian character to deal with as well as some tricky-ish … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1831 by Orpheus”
Times 27925 – Steady Paddy!
A puzzle that seemed to play to my strengths, so perhaps my time of 18:35 will be around the WITCH, which is very unusual for me on blogging day. Last in was 3 down, as … Read more “Times 27925 – Steady Paddy!”
Times Quick Cryptic 1830 by Oink
My solving time was 6 minutes so clearly I found this easy, which is not to suggest that everyone will or should. Nor should anyone be downhearted if they take a lot longer or don’t … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1830 by Oink”
Mephisto 3158 – The Earl of Rochester, for example
I found this one rather tough. The grid is very unfriendly to the solver, as eight of the answers have an unchecked first letter, and there are two entries where more than half of the … Read more “Mephisto 3158 – The Earl of Rochester, for example”
Sunday Times Cryptic 4945 by David McLean — Pass Go, collect £143.68?
I (obviously) don’t know anything about the UK version of Monopoly, but was confident enough of what was going on in 1A that I only now (Friday night) got around to checking it. On the … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4945 by David McLean — Pass Go, collect £143.68?”
Times Cryptic No 27918 – Saturday, 6 March 2021. How do you spell that?
Well, that was fun. I got started in the NE corner, and finished in the SW. There was a scattering of words I had to look up post solve, but nothing to stop one finishing. … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27918 – Saturday, 6 March 2021. How do you spell that?”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1485 – 27th February 2021
Hi all. Another five weeks has disappeared to wherever time goes. The top slightly-less-than half of this gave me little trouble, but then I flagged, with the SE corner in particular giving me no little … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1485 – 27th February 2021”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1829 by Tracy
A neat and friendly Quick Crossword from Tracy today to end the week. 4A was my first one in and it went fairly smoothly for me after that, finishing, appropriately with 1D in just a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1829 by Tracy”