Author: ulaca

A rather more challenging Monday puzzle, highlights of which were an excellent cryptic clue (9) and a weird Gaelic word which did for me (21). 35 minutes for all bar these two, a few more to get … Read more “Times 25288”

This was the latest in a run of easy Monday puzzles – at least on my blogging days. My time could have been down there in Severland but for the SE corner, which stretched things … Read more “Times 25276”

36 minutes. My third blog and the crossword gods are still shining their faces upon me. This was the second simple puzzle in a row (counting yesterday’s, which I did in 20 minutes), and that … Read more “Times 25264”

This was a fairly typical Monday offering with enough about it to give pause to all but the most expert solver. I managed it in 45 minutes with one wrong and a bit of a … Read more “TIMES 25258”

Posting this proved a lot more difficult than solving the puzzle, for which I’m very grateful to the setter. Two classical allusions, two very gettable F&B references and possibly the easiest quartet of 3-letter words … Read more “Times 25240”