Author: yfyap

What a fun puzzle it has been today. Even while solving, I was already grinning, thinking about what I would say in this blog. Capital puzzle as I will explain … ACROSS1 ABDOMEN Ins of … Read more “Times 24847 – A Capital Puzzle”

One delightful feature of some clues is the indirect definition and today’s puzzle has a few that got me laughing out loud, especially in 5 Across and 13 Down. Very entertaining puzzle indeed ACROSS1 HA’P’ORTH Ins … Read more “Times 24835 – Ex-swimmer Preserved”

I always enjoy my clues more when the definitions are not so straight-forward; so that I get a double dose of pleasure, making out the word-play as well as seeing behind the cryptic definition. So … Read more “Times 24823 – Keeping Mum Out Of The Picture?”

Thank goodness today’s puzzle is very much a standard Times puzzle, wide-ranging in devices and subjects but hardly any hard-boiled eggs. I am relieved because I woke up a tad groggy after staying up to … Read more “Times 24811 – What a steamy man!”

What a delightful display of verbal and linguistic acrobatics in today’s puzzle. Some of the clues are deliberately misleading and even convoluted but extremely fair. A very good morning’s entertainment. ACROSS1 LEAVE Foliage = LEAVES … Read more “Times 24799 – Verbal Acrobatics”

Fortunately for me, today’s puzzle was quite a standard Times puzzle with a wide variety of devices but no hard-boiled eggs. Very entertaining and a pleasant way to start my day. ACROSS1 WRITTEN W (with) … Read more “Times 24787 – No Hard-Boiled Eggs”

I normally tackle the biggies (long answers) first as their solutions often open the way for other clues. This morning, after solving 2D and 7D, I smiled all the way through this delightful offering. The … Read more “Times 24775 – Smooth As Glenmorangie”

I find today’s puzzle mystifying in places and need help from the community to unravel some of the convoluted structure of the wordplay. Extremely challenging for a weekday puzzle. I feel very 5 today. ACROSS1 … Read more “Times 24751 – Remembering The Sex Pistols”

This puzzle got me off on an excellent start when Milton Friedman (one of the important gurus during my Economics course) cropped up in what I thought was a rollicking clue. That set the mood … Read more “Times 24739 – Fried or Boiled?”

Compared to two Thursdays ago, this one is quite a breeze with very fair and solveable clues displaying a wide variety of devices. Most enjoyable and at places, quite challenging. ACROSS1 GARLIC BREAD Ins of … Read more “Times 24728 – Quite A Breeze”