This was a three-ring circus of delights, even including elephants. But seriously, folks, elephants are gradually achieving liberation from their long servitude to the spectacle. Perhaps we can still manage to save these magnificent creatures, … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4971, by Robert Price — cheeky as ever”
Day: 11th September 2021
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1514: Show Me First Your PDM
A quarter hour of really, really good fun. I was impressed by a great number of the clues: some lovely cryptic and double definitions and I loved the Cockney homophone, the SLIM SLAM, and the … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1514: Show Me First Your PDM”
Times Cryptic No 28074 – Saturday, 4 September 2021. Mini Mysteries.
This puzzle was rich in general knowledge unknowns, at least for me, including: an order of monks, a flowering plant, an obscure foreign language, both the handle and the peak at 6dn, and more. I … Read more “Times Cryptic No 28074 – Saturday, 4 September 2021. Mini Mysteries.”