Author: ulaca

A typical Monday offering, combining lightness of touch with well-crafted clueing. Not the easiest, but one for those wishing to migrate from the Quickie to have a stab at. 28 minutes plus change for me. … Read more “Times 27145 – Play Opus?”

This was the antithesis to Saturday’s magnificent beast. That’s not to say that it didn’t have merits of its own, but that they were not of the order of mind-bending intricacy displayed by that puzzle. … Read more “Times 27133 – A Tribute to Dame Frances Margaret”

36’50” for this, which is bang on my own personal NITCH. However, if you were to think that this was my average solving time, you would, I’m afraid, be gravely mistaken, as the SNITCH counts … Read more “Times 27121 – Shakira and Me Ain’t Finished Yet Amigos”

This bright and breezy, somewhat prototypical Monday offering took me 27 minutes, doing my NITCH no harm at all = not that I care or follow that type of thing very closely at all. Sometimes … Read more “Times 27097 – Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment”

25 minutes for this pleasant offering that had some nice misdirection if not too much to frighten the horses. Away we go… ACROSS 1 Approve pub bar’s term for concoction (6-5)RUBBER-STAMP – anagram* of PUB … Read more “Times 27085 – Coming Home?”

And here we are, fresh from an invigorating trip to Greece, the second part of which was spent on the fair isle of Chios, not a million miles away from the place referenced at 14 … Read more “Times 27073 – Jumbly polysyllables out the ass”

By the time you read this (or not), I will be on the first leg of my Greek tour, which starts in the Ionian island of Lefkada before moving to the Aegean island of Chios, … Read more “Times 27061 – Eternal summer gilds them yet”

I was awful slow to get my last three, failing unaccountably to see 22 across, 16 down and 21 down. I thought this was a very nice puzzle – a degree or two harder than … Read more “Times 27049 – The Lord Bless You and Keep You”

Today’s was very much your average Monday offering – high in entertainment and not too taxing. The lovers of the bodice-ripping Regency tales of Ms Heyer get a clue all to themselves. Most of us … Read more “Times 27037 – Spooner in the Works”