Time taken: 9:23, but I had a silly typo where I duplicated the first letter of 18 down, so another trip to pink squaresville. I got off to a very slow start with this one, … Read more “Times 28498 – maybe it was a Welsh song?”
Month: January 2023
Times 28497 – I do like to be beside the seaside
Straightforward, I thought, this one, with just one long word (14a) probably meat and drink to the literati among us, but it got a blank stare from me.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2307 by Breadman
Medium-paced offering from Breadman and my second time in a row blogging him – this seemed a shade easier than the previous one (QC 2297) though I did biff a few, only fully parsing post-completion.
Quick Cryptic 2306 by Oink – Some Pig
Oink is our setter today with a well-balanced puzzle, about medium level of difficulty as I see it.
Times Cryptic 28496
I made good progress throughout but was then slowed by a few trickier clues towards the SW.
Times Quick Cryptic 2305 by Orpheus
Hi all. I hope 2023 has started well for you.
Thanks to Orpheus for another enjoyable puzzle, in which I noticed quite a few things in other things. He or she is not one of them, but I liked the creative musician in 10a.
Times 28495 – Our audiophile Congress
This one was a bit of a biff-fest for me, so I’ll need to figure out the cryptics as I write the blog. As it turns out, there was nothing too difficult, so this puzzle might well be suitable for the Quickie crowd to try their hand on.
Mephisto 3253 – Don Manley
Greetings barred-grid fans! If I have the dates and numbers correct this will be the final Don Manley Mephisto puzzle I will write up (vinyl1 will get the last puzzle at the end of the … Read more “Mephisto 3253 – Don Manley”
Sunday Times 5040 by David McLean
Morning all. Apologies for the delay this week. I had this all ready to go and just forgot to press ‘publish’.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1591 – Boxing Day Ballcocks and Bikinis
I thought this was pretty straightforward for a holiday season puzzle, breezing through in one session in under 40 minutes.