Solid, sufficiently scintillating session.Slick surfaces.Succinct suggestions.Sly subtexts.Some small something seemed strange, still… I indicate (a Sam rang)* like this, and italicize anagrinds in the clues. ACROSS 1 Poor piece of work that setter’s put away? … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4991, by Dean Mayer — What it’s all about”
Day: 29th January 2022
Times Cryptic No 28194 – Saturday, 22 January 2022. Call that funny?
The names of the comedian at 3dn and the manager at 6dn may be unfamiliar to solvers outside the sceptered isle, likewise the answer at 25ac. Otherwise this was a normal Saturday assignment, I thought. … Read more “Times Cryptic No 28194 – Saturday, 22 January 2022. Call that funny?”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1537 – 15th January
As I solved this the Saturday before last and remembered to use my solution as the framework for the blog I thought, “but it’s only a week since I published my last Jumbo blog”. Well … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1537 – 15th January”