Author: mohn2

This was a straightforward puzzle with only a couple of non-standard bits of vocab, specifically 1A and 19A. There are plenty of charades in the clues – a charade is where the answer is built … Read more “Quick Cryptic 275 by Hurley”

It looks like the scheduled blogger has not been able to produce a blog today so here’s a quick one. Some of the surfaces in this were great, in particular 2D and 11D. 13A and … Read more “Quick Cryptic 273 by Joker”

It’s 2:30PM UK time so I’m guessing that today’s scheduled blogger is indisposed – hopefully nothing serious. Here’s a quick blog for what wasn’t a difficult puzzle with only maybe 18A not common vocabulary. The usual … Read more “Quick Cryptic 268 by Izetti”

The Quicky has been going for just over a year now and, though it’s hard to know how many people have been attracted to the crossword world because of it, we’ve definitely seen a dozen … Read more “Quick Cryptic 265 by Joker”

I don’t seem to have had much success in the past in attempting to objectively gauge the difficulty level of these puzzles but, despite that, I’m still going to claim that this week’s is easier … Read more “Quick Cryptic 255 by Grumpy”

Today in 1921 John Galbraith Graham was born. He’s better known in Crosswordland as the Guardian compiler Araucaria. Though he is sadly no longer with us, he was a prominent exponent of the “libertarian” style … Read more “Quick Cryptic 245 by Mara”

I can’t currently access the puzzle from the Times site – if you’re having a similar problem, you can find the puzzle here: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20150202/622/ Edit: 10 minutes later, the link from the site seems to … Read more “Quick Cryptic 235 by Dazzler”

This is the third Flamande that I’ve blogged and it’s similar to the previous two – credible surface readings and nothing requiring a rummage in the obscurity bins, though non-Brits not living in the UK … Read more “Quick Cryptic 225 by Flamande”