Is it Monday already? I jest, the days of the Friday puzzle usually being the toughest of the week are long behind us. This was a gentle crossword that will please those looking for good … Read more “Times 27,383: No Horses Were Startled In The Making Of This Puzzle”
Author: Verlaine
Times 27,377: If Java Man Is An Early Human, Is Gin Man A Late One?
A rather middle-weight crossword today, I felt, with rather straightforward wordplay throughout and some clues that bordered on the chestnutty – 10ac, 16ac, 25ac, 4dn all having an air of familiarity about them, or maybe … Read more “Times 27,377: If Java Man Is An Early Human, Is Gin Man A Late One?”
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1384: Federated States of Mea Culpa
Apologies for this arriving later than Kitty’s excellent blog for 1385 – this was a Bank Holiday Monday puzzle of course, and so through my timings all out of whack. It was also a deeply … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1384: Federated States of Mea Culpa”
27,371: When Life Gives You Lemon Squeezy
Well I don’t know about you lot, but I thought this was too easy for the Friday slot that is categorically no harder than any of the other days on average according to management… capping … Read more “27,371: When Life Gives You Lemon Squeezy”
Monthly Club Special 20,224: Don’t Want None Unless You Got Puns, Hun
Apols for this going out in a somewhat incomplete state earlier – I queued it up a month ago planning later improvements and of course promptly forgot about it entirely. In any case it was … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,224: Don’t Want None Unless You Got Puns, Hun”
Times 27,365: Candy Is Dandy But Knickers Are Quicker
I made a bit of a hash of this tough puzzle (my stamp of Friday approval is ungrudgingly bestowed) by bunging UNDERWEAR in optimistically for 7dn and then not being able to make much more … Read more “Times 27,365: Candy Is Dandy But Knickers Are Quicker”
Times 27359: Land of Hope and Gloriana, Victoriana, ‘toriana
Once again far from the hardest puzzle of the week, but the schedulers were on to a winner if they were looking for a blogger likely to pleased by the TLS-y contents of this grid. … Read more “Times 27359: Land of Hope and Gloriana, Victoriana, ‘toriana”
Times Jumbo 1379: QJ
This very much had the air of a Jumbo-fied QC. I took my first 3 minutes printing it out for a friend and still almost got it done inside a quarter hour. Apart from a … Read more “Times Jumbo 1379: QJ”
Times 27,353: The Laconian Muse
A not overly strenuous (by Friday standards) puzzle to cap off a not overly strenuous crossword week. There was a fair bit of low (ie good) cunning to the wordplay here, but essentially, if you’re … Read more “Times 27,353: The Laconian Muse”
Times 27,347: The (Good Kind Of) Agony In The Garden
Well I thought this was a thoroughly marvellous puzzle, with virtually every clue having something something exceptional or interesting about it. The only clue I marginally didn’t care for, was 17ac, because I was worried … Read more “Times 27,347: The (Good Kind Of) Agony In The Garden”