A tougher puzzle from Jimmy than his previous offerings, and showing quite another side to his character
Month: November 2024
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1702
I enjoyed this well-crafted Jumbo with its good mix of fairly straightforward clues and a few pearls.
Times Cryptic 29082 – Saturday, 23 November 2024. Weird warmonger’s wife’s wool?
Like Sesame Street – this crossword is brought to you by the letter W.
Times 29087 – rich offerings
Lovely surface readings and enough tricky wordplay to keep the cogs whirring.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2846 by Teazel
A gentle Friday Quick Cryptic from Teazel today [Edit: well it was for me as I had all the required knowledge and vocabulary, but your mileage may differ].
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Sawbill’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword here.
Summer Social Jun 2025
Hold the date: Saturday 14th June 2025 from 1200 at The George, Southwark. We are having another informal summer gathering-something for your diaries, and to allow travel plans to be made.
29086 You don’t have to say you love me.
It is possible that my view of this one is coloured by the discovery that I’m never going to win a spelling bee, the apparent disability nullifying what may yet prove to be a … Read more “29086 You don’t have to say you love me.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 2845 by Mara
Good puzzle, less tricky than the past couple of days.
Times 29085 – being considered, indeed.
For some reason it took me a while to get into this one, solving mostly from the bottom and not being totally convinced a couple of clues really work.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2844 by Jalna
In which the blogger remembers his teenage visits to the local kebab house