Author: Verlaine

With the R&A getting a mention, along with its home of St Andrews on the slimmest of justifications, I think our setter may have been wishing he was 11ac-ing on the second half of 10ac … Read more “Times 27,665: Craving “A Good Walk Spoiled””

Acceptable Friday fare, not too “abstruse” but not without some little deviosities either. For my part I got well bogged down in the NE corner by having essayed PLAY FIGHT as some kind of weak … Read more “Times 27,659: 75 Years Of Unconditional Surrender (To Crosswords)”

Another puzzle a little too close to “moderate” rather than “eye-watering” difficulty for my Fridayfied tastes, though I’ll be the first to admit there was some clever and elegant stuff in here. The two definition … Read more “Times 27,653: Cabbages And Kings”

Not very Fridayish this one, with a bit of a pared-down Cryptic Jumbo feel to it, but I did appreciate it a bit more after writing up the parsings – there are some mischievous definition … Read more “Times 27,647: Poe Pourri”

I breezed through this one in 5 and a half minutes – there are some very elegant clues, but there’s nothing here I wouldn’t class as rather straightforward. 23ac wins a prize for being topical … Read more “Times 27,641: Se No Evil”

Well, fair do’s, I can’t really claim this was anything other than a Friday puzzle, despite the attempted misdirection in 1ac. TRANCHET crossing with CASSIMERE crossing with TWITE though? These are the kind of shenanigans … Read more “Times 27,635: Be Careful What You Wish For”