Author: ulaca

It’s good to be back after my three-week sojourn in England and Germany, a trip that went pretty well all things considered, even if I did book the family into a pension in Leipzig for … Read more “Times 26761 – No reel problem”

A pretty standard Mondayesque offering, with a bit for everyone, including a mathsey bit which I’ve heard of but would be hard pushed to explain. But that’s pretty much me and maths in a nutshell. … Read more “Times 26731 – The Lonely Sea and the Sky”

I enjoyed this but my scientophobia proved justified as I failed to get the excellent 14 across without cheating. 40 minutes, so perhaps at the harder end of the Monday spectrum. K-triangulation is expected to … Read more “Times 26725 – Had I but followed the sciences!”

I always feel a certain degree of pleasure when a film that has been slated by [most of] the critics is subject to what people around these parts like to call a revised verdict: Michael … Read more “Times 26713 – Well did you evah?”

I nodded off and took a phone call during this one, but the fact remains that it was harder than your average Monday and will, I can confidently predict, have nudged Keriothe’s Monday graph a … Read more “Times 26701 – Right up Fry’s Alley?”

I had all bar three (19, 20, 25) done in less than 13 minutes (or thought I had), but then took ages to finish that corner off, only to find on submission (on the Times … Read more “Times 26683 – Done Like a Kipper”

A very pleasant Monday offering with a smattering of European clues with the potential to stretch the grey matter of those who cry with Aguecheek that they wish they had followed the arts! My favourite … Read more “Times 26677 – Half a Dozen Chappies Looking for an Emperor”

The latest in a run of pretty straightforward Monday puzzles, this crossword is distinguished for me more by its quirkiness in cluing rather than anything else. A swift 16 minutes for me – the Usain … Read more “Times 26,665 – I’ll Take the Fifth”

I thought this was a very pleasant little number, which I completed in 24 minutes with the unseen but immanent assistance of Hilarius of Poitiers, as I semi-biffed my last one, the plant at 9 … Read more “Times 26653 – Braying Blumenthals”

A gentle start to the week, albeit with a bit of a teaser at 14 across, a potential incubus to those of our community who suffer from vocalophobia (fear of vowels). The company I used … Read more “Times 26641 – A Sting in the Tell”