Author: yfyap

After that TNT Crack a fortnight ago, today’s puzzle seemed quite benign but not without its own challenges here, there and everywhere. Many lovely surfaces to entertain and amuse Shortly, I will be travelling to … Read more “Times 25,333 – Mull of Kintyre”

I found today’s puzzle to be excruciatingly challenging with all manners of trickery and subterfuge employed in both the fodder and the definitions. If not for the need to fully understand and explain for this … Read more “Times 25321 – Excruciatingly Challenging”

In another crossword blog, I bemoaned the reversion from BST to GMT which makes me wait another hour before I get my daily fix. However, today’s puzzle soon got me smiling. Thank you, setter, whoever … Read more “Times 25,309 – The House of Knocks”

A very enjoyable puzzle with an interesting array of devices to tickle and titillate. ACROSS 1 UNSPORTSMANLIKE cd defined by not cricket and alluding to the oft-tried device of diving (or tripping) when tackled, fairly … Read more “Times 25,297 – It’s Not Cricket”

Quite an interesting but short morning’s work-out. Once I had the four biggies inked in, the rest flowed rather smoothly. ACROSS 1 dd deliberately omitted 3 INGRATIATE *(IN REGATTA I) 10 BAD FORM BAD (naughty) … Read more “Times 25,285 – Fair is foul and foul is fair”

Whenever I get 1 Across immediately, it sets the tone and today it made me laugh; so it was a very happy and delightful solve all the way with some odd bits thrown in to … Read more “Times 25273 – Supporting A Scholar”

Glory Be! My access woes have been successfully resolved with the intervention of our PeterB and SuzieR of Online Customer Services. Thank you very much. Today’s puzzle is such a delight with many exquisite surfaces that … Read more “Times 25,261 – Don Quixote De la Mancha”

My woes with Times Crossword Club remain unresolved. Apparently they  have been unable to locate any active subscriptions attached to either of the email addresses that I have provided … and to think that I … Read more “Times 25,249 – Failed Login”

For the second time in succession when it was my turn to blog, I found three quarters of the puzzle a stroll and then got horribly held up at the south-east corner. This setter has … Read more “Times 25,237 – The Advent of Mario”

Today’s puzzle was a breeze until the south-west corner had me struggling for a while. 13 came to my rescue, giving me five first letters and after that, the home stretch. Very entertaining and enjoyable. … Read more “Times 25,225 – Alley to the Home Stretch”