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”
Author: Johninterred
Times Quick Cryptic No 1139 by Tracy – Oh what a beautiful morning?
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
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
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
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
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
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”
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1322 – 7th May
A fairly gentle Jumbo for the Bank Holiday Monday after the rather trickier Saturday pachyderm. Nothing too difficult or obscure today – I even knew the ice skating twizzle at 1d, but one or two … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1322 – 7th May”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1089 by Oink
It is my delightful privilege to get to write the blog for, I think, the first QC from a new compiler, Oink. I’d like to say it’s a pig of a crossword, but it isn’t. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1089 by Oink”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1079 by Izetti
Another lovely puzzle from Izetti today. This one took a bit of work to crack with one or two clues rather more devious than the usual QC affair, but there are enough relatively easy ones … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1079 by Izetti”