Author: ulaca

No time for this very nice example of the art of crossword setting, as I bombed out on one of the downs, where I did my best with all the crossing letters, but still came … Read more “Times 28765 – Getting my knickers in a twist”

A quirky offering for the start of the working week, and one which was rather more tricky than your average Monday, I think.

Enough to keep you honest here, I think. It took me 25 minutes, so a bit over par for a Monday. 

A typical Monday offering with nothing too much to tax the grey cells.

Lots to like in this Monday offering. Much that is straightforward (especially in the definition department), but some stuff to get the little grey cells working.

The latest in a run of not especially complex Monday puzzles took me 15:50.

When I submitted this at just under the 20-minute mark I was so happy I could have kissed a Spanish football player.

Wow! This was easy. YMMV, but there will be PBs.

I must have biffed half of these clues, so working out the parsing now is going to take a bit of doing.

Not my favourite type of crossword this, where an essentially straightforward puzzle has one clue which is of a totally different character to all the others.