17a is not a place to be seen wearing green. It’s Liam Neeson’s home town; he was offered the freedom of the borough but the charming DUP blocked that and gave it to Ian Paisley … Read more “Times 27771 – Bally dancing”
Author: piquet
Times 27765 – as plain as a sticky thing.
Lots of good stuff here, and not much given away in the form of anagrams. I enjoyed this, although it may not suit our overseas friends so much, requiring some local knowledge and an interest … Read more “Times 27765 – as plain as a sticky thing.”
Times 27759 – nay, Bob’s your rich uncle.
A pleasant romp, nothing too obscure for me, with a couple of homophones that (for once) weren’t dodgy. I nearly went wrong with the unchecked sixth letter of 25a, but plumped for the right spelling … Read more “Times 27759 – nay, Bob’s your rich uncle.”
Times 27753 – a tail of Peter Rabbit.
A bit of a Curate’s Egg for me, this one. Almost all of it went in and was understood in 15 minutes, but a few stubborn clues had to be biffed and deciphered (or possibly … Read more “Times 27753 – a tail of Peter Rabbit.”
Times 27747 – In 1492, the natives discovered they were Indians; they learnt they lived in America
I enjoyed this, my best Wednesday for a while. Not too tricky, not too obscure, not too easy, and quite witty in places. There were enough easy or chestnut clues to get you some crossers … Read more “Times 27747 – In 1492, the natives discovered they were Indians; they learnt they lived in America”
Times 27741 – Is it a bird? Is it the TLS? It’s certainly different.
It took me far too long to untangle all this, I needed Wiki afterwards to check a couple, and it had a feeling that I was wrestling with a TLS puzzle by mistake at times. … Read more “Times 27741 – Is it a bird? Is it the TLS? It’s certainly different.”
Times 27735 – carpe diem !
I had posted this for timely display, then checked LJ had saved it, all was fine. Then later I checked again intending to do a tweak or two and it had vanished ! Carpe diem … Read more “Times 27735 – carpe diem !”
Times 27729 – gentle for Gentiles and such.
A pleasant if unexceptional puzzle today, the word play is fairly straightforward and I expect to see a low SNITCH value. It took me 15 minutes and nothing was hard to parse. Across 1 Cheer … Read more “Times 27729 – gentle for Gentiles and such.”
Times 27723 – Stretched to the limit.
I found this difficult, and rather frustrating. When I did get the answers to some of the clues, I was much more in ‘I suppose so’ mode than ‘of course, that’s clever’. In fact I … Read more “Times 27723 – Stretched to the limit.”
Times 27717 – bird watching.
A mostly straightforward puzzle, this, but with a few odd bits that caused me to slow down at the end. A bird I didn’t know but was clear from the wordplay, and another three letter … Read more “Times 27717 – bird watching.”