‘Tis the season to be jolly… I’m getting to rather enjoy blogging the Jumbo. Yes, it’s a lot of clues (and a lot of work for the setter!), but I get two weeks to do … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1297 – What is large, grey, and wears glass slippers?”
Author: Johninterred
Times Quick Cryptic 989 by Pedro – La-la-land?
I’m not sure if there’s something going on here, with LA or AL appearing in no less than nine of the answers. Or maybe I’m just imagining it. Whatever. A nice teaser from Pedro today … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 989 by Pedro – La-la-land?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 979 by Tracy
Hooray! It’s my turn to blog again… and my first crossword from Tracy to disect. What a cracker it is! I romped through most of this with a chuckle here and there, but ended up … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 979 by Tracy”
Times Quick Cryptic No 969 by Rongo – Great! Super!! Brill!!!
I found this a bit of a testing little number from Rongo with some tricky clues and a couple of traps for the unwary to fall into. Like I did, as you will see. It … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 969 by Rongo – Great! Super!! Brill!!!”
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1292 – Why did the Polish elephant cross the slip road?
I found this mostly quite straight-forward, but one or two of the clues are a bit tricky… and one mystifies me if there isn’t something missing. Perhaps one of you can explain. [Edit: Thanks to … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1292 – Why did the Polish elephant cross the slip road?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 959 by Izetti – Pretentious? Moi?
Hello fellow Friday QC solvers. I think you will like this. It has a great mix of fairly easy clues and some that need a bit of thought. It is as concise and precise as … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 959 by Izetti – Pretentious? Moi?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 949 by Izetti
This seemed to me to be at the harder end of the quickie spectrum, but all the more satisfying to complete successfully. I think there is a misprint in 14d and there were a few … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 949 by Izetti”
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1287 – Why do elephants paint their toenails red?
This Jumbo was on the easy side – indeed a lot of the clues would not have been out of place in the Quick Crossword. My time of a bit over 3/4 hour was only … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1287 – Why do elephants paint their toenails red?”
Times Quick Cryptic No 939 by Joker
After a slow start, things fell nicely into place as I worked through this. Nothing too taxing, but a few that took a bit of thought – just how the quickie should be, I think. … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 939 by Joker”
Times Quick Cryptic No 929 by Izetti – I don’t
A slightly quirky and not entirely straightforward teaser from Izetti today, taking me nearly 3 minutes over my average time. A few unknowns or only vaguely remembered words for me in IDO, DRILL, OSAGE and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 929 by Izetti – I don’t”