This was quick for a Friday but upon parsing I see it was mostly because the answers were too darn biffable: 10ac, 25ac, 4dn for instance all going straight in before I’d needed to appreciate … Read more “Times 28,151: My 13dn is HELLraison”
Month: December 2021
Monthly Club Special 20,254: Pika Boo
Sometimes the agenda of an MCS is to throw as many truly absurd-looking words at us as possible – “THAT’S in the dictionary somewhere? REALLY?” but the order of the month this time was really … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,254: Pika Boo”
Times Quick Cryptic No 2018 by Pedro
A stiff enough challenge today from Pedro. The grid was looking rather bare after a first pass of the acrosses, not helped by a total lack of anagrams, which often provide a foothold: I only … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2018 by Pedro”
28150 Thursday, 2 December 2021 Perfectly crumulent
At the time of writing I am way over the average time taken for this puzzle, and although I’ll give examples of where I slowed to a crawl below, I can see that it’s not … Read more “28150 Thursday, 2 December 2021 Perfectly crumulent”
Times Quick Cryptic 2017 by Hurley
This was quite tricky, and I was well over my target time before I got to my last unfilled entry (7dn, NHO). That one was not the only clue that went in under pressure without … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2017 by Hurley”
Times 28149 – some strange flavours here, but charming in parts, like quarks perhaps.
Most of this puzzle was fine by me, but some of it seemed, well, odd. Hard to put a finger on how, but I thought there were some obtuse definitions (like 13a, 16a) and bits … Read more “Times 28149 – some strange flavours here, but charming in parts, like quarks perhaps.”