As with the last puzzle I blogged, I spotted an easy long one first, 14. But 17, the answer with which it is 23, eluded me for a while, though it now seems pretty obvious. … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4949 by Dean Mayer — coir practice”
Month: April 2021
Times Cryptic No 27942 – Saturday, 3 April 2021. Late to the party.
I’m writing this blog well after the event, so I don’t remember much about the experience. I did love the cunning definition at 2dn! There were other touches of enlightenment I remember too. Thanks to … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27942 – Saturday, 3 April 2021. Late to the party.”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1489: Show Me Round Your Fruitcage
This was cryptically largely straightforward, but I really enjoyed it, due to some clever definition parts and a sense of fun throughout. I loved “Man’s man” at 32ac, the lovely surface of 50ac, the association … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1489: Show Me Round Your Fruitcage”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1849 by Tracy
At the time of writing the setter of this puzzle wasn’t declared in the online version, but jackkt tells us in the comments it is Tracy. I thought it on the whole a very pleasant, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1849 by Tracy”
Times 27,947: Don’t Put Your Blogger On The Stage, Madame Guillotine
A great Friday treat for us this week, with COD-worthy clues aplenty. I was very impressed indeed with the setter’s discovery of WW2 inside newswriting, with “how un-English!” (like not going out in the midday … Read more “Times 27,947: Don’t Put Your Blogger On The Stage, Madame Guillotine”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1848 by Trelawney
On the gentle side of things today from Trelawney, at least I think so – for some unknowable reason I’ve been on a run of decent form of recent, and at 5.20 this is my … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1848 by Trelawney”
27946 Thursday, 8 April 2021 Mr and Mrs Igitur and their flamboyant son Gaudy Amos
I made rather heavy weather of this, slowed by an entry I put in but was very dubious about and an entry I injudiciously biffed. When you have a dubious entry, it tends to make … Read more “27946 Thursday, 8 April 2021 Mr and Mrs Igitur and their flamboyant son Gaudy Amos”
Times 27945 – that’s life, China.
Middle of the week, middle of the spectrum for me, this one, it’s Wednesday fare once again. A good sprinkling of anagrams, a mainstream brand name, and nothing to scare the horses, I thought. For … Read more “Times 27945 – that’s life, China.”
Times Quick Cryptic 1847 by Orpheus
I had a pretty hard time with this – hopefully it’s just me. Couldn’t see what was going on at 1ac (my LOI), NHO 5ac or 15dn, and thrown by the Guardian-esque 2dn. There are … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1847 by Orpheus”
Times Quick Cryptic 1846 by Izetti
An old school Izetti full of cunning, deviousness, unusual terms, double definitions, cleverness, marvellous surfaces and long answers – in short, I’d rate this as hard (I took just over 15 minutes). Old hands will, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1846 by Izetti”