Well this was tasty, tasty, very very tasty. A Friday smorgasbord of proper Timesy vocab and some truly superb constructions, a number of which I only fully appreciated in the post-solve write-up. In the heat … Read more “Times 27,749: A Fool And Its Cheeses Are Soon Partaken Of”
Author: Verlaine
Times 27,743: Love Is All Around
I totally forgot this was a Friday and submitted in 5 minutes something before realising my error. Oh well, no harm done! I did find a lot of the clues very, as they say, biffable … Read more “Times 27,743: Love Is All Around”
Times 27,737: Gegs Benicted
I wouldn’t describe this as super-hard, but it passed Friday muster at least by the standards of this gentle week, with some interesting and amusing constructions amidst a fair few quite straightforward compatriots. I mostly … Read more “Times 27,737: Gegs Benicted”
Monthly Club Special 20,238: A 13ac Cluesack Writes
Once again the most perfectly constructed puzzle of the Club month, with some truly ridiculous words that you’d never believe could be wrangled into yielding such splendid and audacious surfaces, balanced out with plenty of … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,238: A 13ac Cluesack Writes”
Times 27,731: One Who May Resist A Parsing
I found this easyish for a Friday but containing many features that may prove Marmitey: multiple crossreferences, unusual words clued by anagrams, words that might be easily misspelling if you aren’t paying close attention to … Read more “Times 27,731: One Who May Resist A Parsing”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1449: A Day At The Races
An easy one to blaze straight through, with many of the answers being just what you’d first expect them to be, requiring just a cursory check of the cryptic part to confirm. I mean you … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1449: A Day At The Races”
Times 27,725: Turning Base Clues Into Gold
After a pretty tough crossword mid-week I was half expecting a slight disappointment today but it turned out to be a good ‘un, with lots of rather deviosities to contend with. I went in strong … Read more “Times 27,725: Turning Base Clues Into Gold”
Times 27,719: When It Comes To The Crunch, Double Your Unch
A crossword of middling difficulty, with some fairly easy clues commingling with slightly sneakier offerings – nothing at all wrong with that. My COD for its clever cryptic merging seamlessly into the surface is 11ac, … Read more “Times 27,719: When It Comes To The Crunch, Double Your Unch”
Times 27,713: Guess Who’s Back, Friday’s Back
Well this was something of a beast, requiring as it did knowledge of sporting argot, classical AND rock music and various foreign tongues to negotiate its pangrammatic wynds. Marvellous stuff though I’m ashamed to admit … Read more “Times 27,713: Guess Who’s Back, Friday’s Back”
TImes 27,707: Moanimalism
I didn’t manage to go off to the races, Monday-style, on this one, but only because, if anything, there was too little to get my head around, not too much – dull words straightforwardly clued, … Read more “TImes 27,707: Moanimalism”