Author: ulaca

Well, aside from the beartrap at 1 across, this was pretty much your straightforward Monday offering – just the thing to come home to when you’ve spent the day ferrying people round the People’s Republic … Read more “Times 28009 – Rice pudding without the skin”

The tum-tiddly-dee light operatic reference did for me, in spite of the fact that I knew the work. Must have subconsciously blanked it out… The notebook at, ‘ow you say, number three down may have … Read more “Times 27997 – Tantantara tzing boom and all that caper”

A very pleasant Monday offering, which I managed to complete in a little under 20 minutes. Noteworthy I thought were a couple of inchoate chestnuts at 1 and 26 across, as well as an Australian … Read more “Times 27985 – Humphry Clinker Rides Again!”

I thought this was an ideal challenge for a Monday. Not difficult but with enough misdirection and cunning to give most of us a decent workout. 26 minutes for me, but how did you get … Read more “Times 27973 – Between a rock and a pretty easy place”

I struggled with this a bit, much of which I’m putting down to interruptions from the wife and the telephone. To add insult to injury, when we parted on Saturday morning (nothing permanent, hopefully), she … Read more “Times 27961 – I’m awight. You awight?”

Maybe that’s being a bit unfair, but the eponymous protagonist of one of Dickens’ least read books and a certain part of a church do seem to be popping up with great regularity. Not that … Read more “Times 27949 – Chestnut Season”

A sprinkling of unusual vocab gives this classically-flavoured offering a tad more bite than your average Monday offering. I came home in 25:39, but expect quicker times from the usual suspects. ACROSS 1 Unbalanced leader … Read more “Times 27937 – Never work with children or stuffed animals from Sheppey”

A puzzle that seemed to play to my strengths, so perhaps my time of 18:35 will be around the WITCH, which is very unusual for me on blogging day. Last in was 3 down, as … Read more “Times 27925 – Steady Paddy!”

Sorry, folks, I’d written up a goodly part of the blog when I slid my fat fingers onto the wrong bit of the laptop and lost the lot. So, this will be short and sweet, … Read more “Times 27913 – Soames, Anyone?”

A very Monday offering, which I managed in a smidgen under 14 minutes. Not much to say, as we’ve been busy entertaining this Lunar New Year and are expecting more visitors today. Afore ye go… … Read more “Times 27901 – Nice and easy does it…one more time”