Author: ulaca

A busy morning means I’ll get to this in the afternoon (HK time), so the blog should be up by 9am UK time. Well, that wasn’t too painful. Just 14 minutes, in fact, so expect … Read more “Times 26065 – A Piece of the Proverbial”

One of the easiest Mondays to come along for a long time, especially for our transatlantic friends. Experts and those who relish a challenge will be singing along with Bob and his Rats. 15.5 minutes … Read more “Times 26047 – One for the Yanks”

Well, this was certainly not your average Monday. The SE corner went in on a wing and a prayer – not to mention a knowledge of a cricketing legend of the mid-twentieth century – so … Read more “Times 26041 – Like Webster’s?”

A pleasant offering with a scorpion-like sting in the tail for me, although gynecologists will be in clover. A nice mix of clues, including two candidates for Lifetime Award for Chestnut. 43 minutes. ACROSS 1. … Read more “Times 26029 – O Publius Virgilius Marrow!”

This rather appealed to me as it had something about it I rarely run across in the Monday slot – a little oddness. Okay, more than a little. Despite messing up 11a (which is Eminently … Read more “Times 26017 – A Most Quirkful Offering”

I am just returned from Down Under, where my wager that a Brit would still be left standing in Melbourne Park long after the last Aussie had departed to the loneliness of the locker room … Read more “Times 26005 – Let’s Take a Walk Together”

The first Monday of the new year and very much a typical Monday, straightforward as long as you lived through the 1960s, have watched Austin Powers or know your short-service British PMs. And the setter … Read more “Times 25987 – 60s Retro”

Lots to chew over this morning, as we range from the heavens to India via Italianate Turkey. And talking of turkeys, we have a lesser spotted bird and a deadly poison. In sum, another fine … Read more “Times 25976 – Alien Abductions”

Having come a cropper on Dean’s puzzle yesterday by dint of my shaky Dutch, I was glad to be back in the company of Classical deities today and thought I was on for a time … Read more “Times 25970 – Staines-upon-Thames: from Ghetto to Cathedral Town?”

After perhaps the easiest Sunday puzzle of the Biddlecombe era (especially for those based in the UK), we’re back to normality today with a puzzle that had me a bit flummoxed as I couldn’t get … Read more “Times 25958 – Strictly for the Nobs”