Author: astartedon

This week I decided to try to overcome my Ludditism with crosswords and complete this online rather than with pencil and paper. I was pleased to see that it had a positive effect on my … Read more “QC 1055 by Orpheus – Luddite’s Revenge”

Good morning happy bloggers! I am afraid I don’t have much time this morning what with clearing up after yesterday’s obligatory Mother (Ma, Mam, Mum, Mama, Mater, Mum, Dam, hush, sh, quiet, stum etc to … Read more “QC 1045 by Hurley”

Sorry you who wait with bated breath for my Monday blog (yes, both of you!) but I just seem to have run out of that precious timey-wimey commodity this week as Dr Who might have … Read more “QC 1035 by Teazel – Chips With Everything”

Some weeks ago it was proposed I think in the Daily Cryptic blogs that we should have a competition to find the best short story composed by using all the words in a particular solution. … Read more “QC 1025 by Hurley – Thereby Hangs a (Very Tedious) Tale”

I do normally like to ramble on a bit in the preamble, talking of this and that, of shoes and ships and sealing-wax and cabbages and kings…, but this week I find I have rather … Read more “Quick Cryptic 1015 by Orpheus”

A mine of double definitions today, a couple of them very pleasing to the crossword-solving senses (whatever they are) as described below. I found this of medium difficulty (if I give you a scale of … Read more “QC 1005 by Grumpy”

Having penned my first blog ever on my wife’s birthday I now find myself penning my second on my mother-in-law’s birthday (which also incidentally happens to be New Year’s Day). The Universe must be trying … Read more “Quick Cryptic 995 by Flamande”

Before getting into the meat of this puzzle I must say hello and introduce myself as your newest blogger. Having hung around on the periphery of this community for a few years, I finally plucked … Read more “Quick Cryptic 985 by Teazel”