Author: Verlaine

With the Dandy at the first across and the Beezer at the last, I was half expecting Whizzer and Chips to turn up at some point. This was an excellent Friday puzzle that kept me … Read more “Times 27,959: In Beano Veritas”

Medium-hard I reckon, with some very nice surfaces and cluing to make this go down a smooth treat. I very much liked the “(very!) unsubtle alternative to the key” and the highly relatable surface to … Read more “Times 27,953: Am I My Blogger’s Keeper?”

A great Friday treat for us this week, with COD-worthy clues aplenty. I was very impressed indeed with the setter’s discovery of WW2 inside newswriting, with “how un-English!” (like not going out in the midday … Read more “Times 27,947: Don’t Put Your Blogger On The Stage, Madame Guillotine”

Nothing against this puzzle per se but I found it a little bland for a Friday slot: mostly ordinary words straightforwardly enough clued, and quickly enough put to bed. I guess I didn’t know a … Read more “Times 27,941: Euler? Euler? Anyone?”

When the top row went straight in I thought I might be in for a relatively easy ride this Friday despite feeling a little blah, but no such luck! Few of the definition parts in … Read more “Times 27,935: So You’ve Been To School For A Year Or Two And You Think You Know It All”

Some relatively straightforward clues in the mix today, but also some that required sideways jumps to make sense of: 6dn proved my personal nemesis as I spent a long time unable even to discern where … Read more “Times 27,929: Lateral Basilica”

A tough wavelength to get on for me, with many definitions being obfuscated or somewhat lateral, meaning that I quite often had to solve via the process of wondering “could the answer possibly be this?” … Read more “Times 27,923: Say Hello, Wavelength Goodbye”