There are some Club Monthlies whose sole agenda seems to be to use as many of the “fun” letters of the alphabet as possible, and this puzzle seems to be firmly in that school. COENZYME … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,212: XKCD Got Nothing On Me”
Author: Verlaine
Times 27,047: Out Of Th’ Loop
8.5 minutes on the clock for this medium difficulty puzzle, which doesn’t do too much out of the ordinary cryptically (assuming that you’ve seen the “in prime positions” device before – but I reckon it … Read more “Times 27,047: Out Of Th’ Loop”
Times 27,041: Glass Half Empty / Glass Half Full
[Whoops – managed to post this to my own blog instead of the community first thing this morning by mistake. Sorry about the delay!] A straightforward puzzle by recent standards, with a not unpleasant mid-20th-century … Read more “Times 27,041: Glass Half Empty / Glass Half Full”
Times 27,035: The River Horse In The Room
I thought this was good and commendably Friday-hard, with the tough combination of (a) very few definition parts that immediately suggest their answers and (b) very few completely straightforward wordplay parts. It may turn out … Read more “Times 27,035: The River Horse In The Room”
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1319 (21/4/2018): Better Late Than Clever
Oh you guys, I thought I was doing so well for a change – I’d checked the blog calendar and satisfied myself that I was definitely scheduled to blog CJ1320 next Saturday, which I’d solved … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1319 (21/4/2018): Better Late Than Clever”
Times 27,029: All The News That’s Fit To Print
Very easy for a Friday I thought – I had this done in under 6 minutes, and that was after a disgusting gin that I mixed with plain water instead of lovely tonic by mistake … Read more “Times 27,029: All The News That’s Fit To Print”
Monthly Club Special 20,211 (1/4/2014): Isn’t Nature Wonderful
Let us first address the loxodont in the room: there was a lot, and I mean a lot of obscure natural history in this puzzle. If you are the kind of person who can see … Read more “Monthly Club Special 20,211 (1/4/2014): Isn’t Nature Wonderful”
Times 27,023: And May There Be No Moaning Of The Bar
I’m running late this morning but have a quickie. This seemed like a fun puzzle from a setter who was really enjoying themselves – a quick scan down my parsings reminds me of numerous “cryptic … Read more “Times 27,023: And May There Be No Moaning Of The Bar”
Times 27,017: Mission to Minsk
That archival puzzle on Wednesday may have been a blessing in disguise, if it put us in the right frame of mind for today’s, which I thought had a definite and not unpleasing old-school feel. … Read more “Times 27,017: Mission to Minsk”
Times 27,011: Friday the Sporteenth
I thought this was a lovely puzzle, clearly of an acceptable Friday difficulty level without being monstrously hard at any part. Perhaps as comeuppance for the puzzle two weeks ago that was all about the … Read more “Times 27,011: Friday the Sporteenth”