I thought this was mostly straightforward, especially for a bank holiday, with most of the unusual words very fairly clued. I got a little bogged down in the SE corner where the long clues that … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1551 – call for the RFDS or an ambo”
Month: April 2022
Times Cryptic No 28272 – Saturday, 23 April 2022. Right as a 6D.
A fun exercise. Not too hard and not obscure, with two answers I didn’t know but could work out. 24A raised a smile. The parsing of 2D puzzled me but no doubt I’ll sort it … Read more “Times Cryptic No 28272 – Saturday, 23 April 2022. Right as a 6D.”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1550 – 16 April 2022. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Hi all. No time for this as I solved on my phone in bed with 40 or so winks in the middle. I thought it a brilliant puzzle with plenty of clever, cunning and well-disguised … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1550 – 16 April 2022. So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”
Quick Cryptic 2124 by Izetti
Well this was fairly straightforward, though nothing like as easy as the one I blogged by mistake this morning (always remember to refresh your tabs, boys and girls). I came in at a more or … Read more “Quick Cryptic 2124 by Izetti”
Times 28,277: Be Careful What You Wish For
Whew! Well you can’t say I didn’t ask for it. This was one of the most “interesting” puzzles in a long time, with a potential cluing error at 13ac and the pure madness that is … Read more “Times 28,277: Be Careful What You Wish For”
Times Quick Cryptic No 2123 by Mara
An interesting puzzle that didn’t take up too much of my time, unlike the last couple of days where I was over target. At 9 minutes to complete, this was one of my quicker solves, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2123 by Mara”
Times 28276 – looky looky here.
Time taken: 10:02. I thought I was going to be around 8 minutes but I drew a blank on 14 across for quite a while, even though the answer was not too difficult, just had … Read more “Times 28276 – looky looky here.”
Times Quick Cryptic 2122 by Pedro
Introduction 6:28, a good time for what felt like a good workout. I nearly cried as well at 9 Across. Solutions Across 1 Is appearing after European legislator exhibits stress (8)EMPHASIS = IS after … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2122 by Pedro”
Times 28275 – look sharp, eh?
This was fun. So many interesting words, I felt like setting the ‘write a short story using all these words’ test which we did once or twice before. My LOI was 27a EVENT – the … Read more “Times 28275 – look sharp, eh?”
Times Cryptic 28274
Solving time: 28 minutes. This setter seems very fond of em dashes, I can’t recall seeing so many in a 15×15 puzzle! I had more problems blogging this than solving it, and I still have … Read more “Times Cryptic 28274”