Well, I found this tough, and it seems to be testing our high flyers. It’s be interesting to see where the SNITCH settles down to. The ones that pushed my time out from around 20 … Read more “28198 Thursday, 27 January 2022 Bienvenue encore!”
Month: January 2022
Live Journal Problems with Like and Expand buttons
These have been the subject of some discussion here in recent weeks. I wrote to Live Journal about them and have just received this reply: “Thank you for inquiry and I apologize for a delay … Read more “Live Journal Problems with Like and Expand buttons”
Times Quick Cryptic 2057 by Orpheus
A good tester, involving a couple of educated guesses, but which I managed to finish in average time. I suspect there will be many NHOs today with the fabric, yarn, and amphibian (as well as … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2057 by Orpheus”
Times 28197 – is this a museum piece?
Solving this was a demanding task; parsing some of the answers fully was even more so, a wee dram of finest malt was required to soften my headache. I think I have unravelled all but … Read more “Times 28197 – is this a museum piece?”
Times Cryptic 28196
Solving time: 44 minutes. Quite tricky but containing several interesting and amusing clues. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators … Read more “Times Cryptic 28196”
Times Quick Cryptic 2056 by Mara
All bar the last few clues were happily put to bed in 5 and half minutes. The last four (1dn, 17ac, 18dn and LOI 20ac) stayed up late and took just over another three mintues. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2056 by Mara”
Times 28195 – Along the shores of Mephistoland
Time: 40 minutesMusic: Mahler Symphony 6, Solti/CSO. I have to say, this is the first time ever in a Monday puzzle where I had to construct unknown words from the cryptics. In the real Mephisto, … Read more “Times 28195 – Along the shores of Mephistoland”
QC 2055 by Hurley
An almost completely sequential solve for me. The only one that I had to pass over first time round was 21A where the double definition just managed to elude me but popped out like a … Read more “QC 2055 by Hurley”
Sunday Times 4990 by David McLean
15:33. I enjoyed this tricky and rather quirky puzzle, but there are a couple of things I found a bit puzzling (see 5ac, 23ac, 6dn). Any elucidation welcome. Nothing that caused me undue difficulty, although … Read more “Sunday Times 4990 by David McLean”
Mephisto 3203 – Tim Moorey
Greetings barred-grid fans. I filled the grid pretty readily, but I made a bunch of notes on my copy, so there are some tricky wordplay elements. Tim Moorey tends to drop in some popular culture … Read more “Mephisto 3203 – Tim Moorey”