Greetings barred-grid fans. I remember having quite a bit of difficulty finishing this one and looking up several wordplay elements in Chambers. I think I have it all sorted out for the blog, fingers crossed. … Read more “Mephisto 3239 – Tim Moorey”
Month: October 2022
Monthly Club Special 20,264: My First Wish Is For Infinite More Crosswords
I thought this was really very tricky and I am sorry that I left it until the very end of the month to try to tackle! A number of the clues took a LOT of … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,264: My First Wish Is For Infinite More Crosswords”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1576 – I saw your advert in the bolour supplement
Tricky, what? I was struggling through this, thinking I was glad that someone else would have to explain everything in a blog, when my eye was drawn to the puzzle number and I realised that poor individual was me…
Times Cryptic No 28404 – Saturday, 24 September 2022. Mathematically non-trivial.
Several things here I’d never heard of: snooker venue? NHO. British telco? NHO. Rings round clouds? NHO! More than made up for by three delightful mathematics references, which admittedly may have failed to delight some of our group! End result: rather a slow solve.