This being published on New Year’s Day, it behoves me to wish you all the best for 2018, even though you wont get to read this until after the answers have been published on 13th … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1302 – 1 Jan 2018, What was this blogger’s first New Year’s Resolution?”
Author: Johninterred
Times Quick Cryptic 999 by Izetti – Goldilocks does the Quickie
Number 999… Woo. I wonder if we will get anything extraordinary on Monday? Meanwhile, here we have another great crossword from Izetti. Just the right mix of easy and not so easy clues to make … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 999 by Izetti – Goldilocks does the Quickie”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1297 – What is large, grey, and wears glass slippers?
‘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?”
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?”