Author: BletchleyReject

One of those puzzles which I tried to make harder than it turned out to be.

After last week’s tribulations, I was hoping for something a bit gentler to blog. In part my wish was granted…

I particularly enjoyed this offering from Orpheus – one of my favourite QC’s for some time.

I found this tricky in places and was held up a few times before eventually finishing in a bit over 11 minutes.

A nice mix of clues here, with some not too difficult anagrams balanced by a few which helped to get the brain into gear for the day ahead.

A few nefarious characters and what may lie in store for them here.

The very first clue described my experience with this puzzle.

Here we go again, I thought, I had the bad luck to have a poet and classicist not long ago…

Enjoyable puzzle, a bit gentler than most last week, though for the second time in a row on my watch, a semi-panic inducing clue at 1a which looked completely ‘unknown’.

When I saw the clue for 1a I thought we were in for a Classics-based toughie but…