Author: astartedon

No problems this week, everything slipped in nice and easily just under the 10-minute mark and when I pressed the button all was present and correct. FOI was 1A, LOI was 5D. COD could have … Read more “QC 1355 by Tracy”

Many thanks to Hurley for this puzzle which was promising to be a personal best for me (allowing for the fact that I was doing it from a bed in a hotel near Terminal 5 … Read more “QC 1345 by Hurley”

Another very brief visit from me this week as this solve and blog were squeezed into the early morning fog in the middle of a packed bank holiday weekend of entertainment and general feeding and … Read more “QC 1335 by Joker”

The blog is here but I am not. I am away celebrating a wedding and extending it into a long weekend so I am solving and posting as quickly as possible in between the festivities … Read more “QC 1325 by Grumpy”

A great collection of anagrams here. I think that six clues were straight anagrams (including all four of the long 13-letter clues) and another two involved them. There were also I think three double definitions … Read more “QC 1315 by Izetti – The Party’s Over For The Rogues’ Gallery”

I believe this is the first time I have blogged an Oink puzzle. Pleased to meet you, Sir or Madam, and I enjoyed your puzzle very much. I think because the ‘handwriting’ was unfamiliar I … Read more “QC 1305 by Oink”

Another skeletal blog from me this week I am afraid. Too much going on in real life for me to spend much time on it. Gradually managing to clear my backlog of 15x15s I am … Read more “QC 1295 by Hurley”

I think this is the third blog in a row that I have come up against Teazel, and I also seem to remember that my first ever blog was on one of his puzzles. So … Read more “QC 1285 by Teazel”

I am afraid I am still very tied up with sorting mother out after her fall, but have now thankfully got her installed back home with appropriate care. I am not even finding time for … Read more “QC 1275 by Teazel”

Thank you for all the good wishes for my mother who is still recovering in hospital after her New Year fall. Once again I am writing this in a hurry before going to keep up … Read more “QC 1265 by Teazel”