Johninterred – Page 38 – Times for The Times

Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1336 – 4th August

Johninterred18th August 2018 at 12:31 AM10 September 2025Jumbo Cryptic

When this was published, I was in the middle of a trienniel reunion with friends who started singing together over 40 years ago, meeting for a few days to sing at the services in Southwell … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1336 – 4th August”

Times Quick Cryptic No 1159 by Tracy

Johninterred17th August 2018 at 2:23 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

A typically neat and entertaining puzzle from Tracy today. Not too hard – it took me just under my average solving time, but with plenty to think about and some educating byways of vocabulary and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1159 by Tracy”

Times Quick Cryptic No 1149 by Orpheus

Johninterred3rd August 2018 at 7:02 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

Hello all. Well here is, I think, a quite testing Friday QC from Orpheus, with a smattering of quite chewy clues among the more easily digestible standard fare. We have a reverse cryptic, a couple … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1149 by Orpheus”

Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1332 – 7th July

Johninterred21st July 2018 at 6:48 AM10 September 2025Jumbo Cryptic

My turn to blog the Jumbo. I have to confess I don’t always find the time to do the Jumbo – especially when the weather is so fine, but maybe I should take to solving … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1332 – 7th July”

Times Quick Cryptic No 1139 by Tracy – Oh what a beautiful morning?

Johninterred20th July 2018 at 1:44 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

Hello All. Today we have an admirably neat, concise and well crafted puzzle from Tracy with elegant surfaces and wordplay that requires plenty of thought. Or so, I found, anyway. It took me a while … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1139 by Tracy – Oh what a beautiful morning?”

Times Quick Cryptic No 1129 by Pedro

Johninterred6th July 2018 at 2:27 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

Hello fellow QC fans. Here we a have a juicy offering from Pedro that is full of bear-traps and, as you will see, I fell into just about all of them. Some sneaky definitions and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1129 by Pedro”

Times Quick Cryptic No 1119 by Tracy

Johninterred22nd June 2018 at 6:52 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

A lovely variation in clue difficulty today, from the very easy to the slightly tricky There are also some nice inventions with a couple of more unusual anagrinds and the clever HIDDEN AGENDA, which was … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1119 by Tracy”

Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1327

Johninterred16th June 2018 at 7:09 AM10 September 2025Jumbo Cryptic

This was not your usual generous pachydermic fare, but contained some rather chewy bits. Curious vocabulary, such as BOLOMETER, DENARII, ETYMON, TEMPE, ORESTES and DESIDERATUM and some tricky wordplay/alternate definitions, such as PATERNOSTER, AGNES without … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1327”

Times Quick Cryptic No 1109 by Hurley – Climb every mountain

Johninterred8th June 2018 at 2:25 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

I don’t know if it is blogitis, or just doing the crossword online instead of on paper, but, somehow, my blogging QCs seem to take longer than they should. This was my slowest for over … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1109 by Hurley – Climb every mountain”

Times Quick Cryptic No 1099 by Joker

Johninterred25th May 2018 at 5:42 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

I’m doing this with a bit of a woozy head this morning after a visit to the Cambridge Beer Festival last night. Fortunately, we have quite a straightforward puzzle from Joker today; one for our … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1099 by Joker”