Started fine in the NW then messed around in the bottom half before finishing (with LOI 9ac) in the NE. I came in a few seconds over 10 minutes. Lots of fun clues make this … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1966 by Teazel”
Month: September 2021
Times 28087 – Easy Monday all round!
Time: 22 minutesMusic: Rossini Overtures, Szell/Cleveland Orchestra Nothing very difficult here. I got a little hung up on dipstick before I saw how it worked, but I aced the two bits of parliamentary knowledge required … Read more “Times 28087 – Easy Monday all round!”
QC 1965 by Orpheus
Last time out I said that Tracy had served up probably the most challenging quickie of my blogging history. This offering from Orpheus I found to be much more in line with the normal Monday … Read more “QC 1965 by Orpheus”
Sunday Times 4972 by David McLean
13:07. I have left it very late to blog this, so I’d better just get on with it. I thought this was a lovely puzzle. Not hard, but I struggled for perhaps five minutes over … Read more “Sunday Times 4972 by David McLean”
Mephisto 3185 – Tim Moorey
Greetings barred-grid fans I thought this one was a notch up in difficulty from the usual Tim Moorey puzzles, and I had a bunch of scribble around my grid, though only a few question marks. … Read more “Mephisto 3185 – Tim Moorey”
Times Cryptic No 28080 – Saturday, 11 September 2021. The fun of the familiar!
What a change from the previous week! The consensus on that puzzle was, too many obscurities, too little fun. I was very in tune with Phil J’s view of what makes a good puzzle: Why … Read more “Times Cryptic No 28080 – Saturday, 11 September 2021. The fun of the familiar!”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1516 – anyone fancy having lunch for lunch?
All being well, as this write-up magically appears on LJ, I’ll be in the land of nod in a lovely spa hotel on a Mallorcan clifftop. So I’ll field any comments as and when I … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1516 – anyone fancy having lunch for lunch?”
Times 28085 – I’m a substitute!
My boss at the first job I ever worked at told me this: if you are the boss, and no workers are available, it is your responsibility to do the work yourself. So here I … Read more “Times 28085 – I’m a substitute!”
Quick Cryptic 1964 by Felix
Well, well. Looks like we have another Dickens Nina. Barnaby Rudge is not a book I’m particularly familiar with, but a quick consultation with Professor Wikipedia yields GORDON, CHESTER, MAYPOLE, DOLLY VARDEN, GRIP… any more? Some … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1964 by Felix”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1963 by Trelawney
A rather hurried blog today as I have little time. I completed this puzzle from Trelawney inside 11 minutes, finding it at the easier end of the Rotterometer scale. 1a didn’t come to me straight … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1963 by Trelawney”