My browser woes continued apace today with Chrome refusing to show me the Club puzzles even after multiple updates and reinstalls. I eventually did the puzzle in Safari but then couldn’t get the automated blog … Read more “Times 28,097: The Sick Man of Blogging”
Month: September 2021
Times 28096 – Great 11
Time taken: 10:12. Not sure if this is as difficult as I made it, but I’m not at my best having just been in the car for four hours. Some tricky wordplay here, and I … Read more “Times 28096 – Great 11”
Times quick Cryptic No 1973 by Joker
This was a bit of a struggle in places, but not enough to take me past my 15m target. The two long answers ending in …MONIOUS came to me fairly easily, which helped, but I … Read more “Times quick Cryptic No 1973 by Joker”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1972 by Wurm
Introduction Watch my solve here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1162086431 . 4:38, which means there was a lot of biffing. I’m looking forward to figuring out what some of the wordplay was! General remarks A brief summary of cryptic crosswords … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1972 by Wurm”
Times 28095 – I’m aglid on the ice.
Half an hour for this medium strength puzzle, held up at the end by 10a because I had invented a new word for chilly at 8d. The rest I have no argument with, although the … Read more “Times 28095 – I’m aglid on the ice.”
Times Cryptic 28094
Solving time: 46 minutes. I found this quite heavy going as it contained four answers I never heard of, all gettable from wordplay and checkers but nevertheless I took ages to work them out. Also … Read more “Times Cryptic 28094”
Times Quick Cryptic 1971 by Tracy
A pleasant romp through QC land with Tracy today finished just inside 9 minutes. Definitions are underlined. Across 1 Rescue brute, grabbing end of tail (7) SALVAGE – brute (SAVAGE) holding tai(L). 5 Band‘s mega … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1971 by Tracy”
Times 28093 – Racing Demons
What a weekend of sport it was! For me, disappointment followed disappointment, as Europe was handed a lesson in the Ryder Cup set in one of the scarier states of old US of A, and … Read more “Times 28093 – Racing Demons”
Times Quick Cryptic 1970 by Mara
Solving time: 7 minutes. I found this one easy. I hope you did too. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1970 by Mara”
Mephisto 3186 – Spring ahead, fall back
I found this one rather tough, but I eventually finished. This was the first time I had used one of Paul’s puns to get an answer, and that proved very helpful in opening up the … Read more “Mephisto 3186 – Spring ahead, fall back”