Category: Other Crosswords

And so the TfTT TLS blog pulls on its chalky old gown, downs the last of that half-decent madeira and totters to the lectern to deliver its valediction. As 25’s Renton put it,  What kin … Read more “TLS 1184 by Talos – Goodbye to All This?”

I managed to get through this cheerfully under 30 minutes, partly because there were not too many unfamiliar subjects, and quite a few clues where the literary connection was not marked. I’m not sure why, … Read more “TLS Crossword 1183 by Broteas – July 7, 2017 Et in TLS ego”

I seem to have made a mulligatawny soup of this  – the mystery ingredient being an invisible error.  I hope someone will spot it.  In the top row we have a cracker-worthy (that’s a compliment) … Read more “TLS Crossword 1182 by Myrtilus – June 30, 2017”

A customarily splendid offering from Praxiteles, filled with some really quite ingenious &lit-type clues. The main theme is Sellar & Yeatman’s 1066 And All That, and if you have fond memories of that historical romp … Read more “TLS Crossword 1181 by Praxiteles – June 23, 2017 – 1181 and All That”

This one definitely had its points of interest, not to say contention. Initially hiding his light under a bit of Printer’s Devilry, Talos has provided us with some devious and mind-stretching cluing. With a fine … Read more “TLS Crossword 1180 by Talos – June 16, 2017 A host of golden brickies”

I was able to get within 3 clues of finishing this on the Hudson Line train, starting somewhere after Yonkers and finishing at Garrison, about 45 minutes.  But we were missing the clue for 18D … Read more “TLS Crossword 1179 by Broteas – June 9, 2017”

Ridiculously good crossword from Myrtilus, with the trademark pun across the top and a couple of tour de force &lit clues. A really enjoyable mix of references, too, from Lorenz Hart’s lyric for Manhattan to … Read more “TLS Crossword 1178 by Myrtilus – Twice Knightley”

I usually approach these puzzles from the mists of time with apprehension and dread, but I was pleased to see that this one hails from 1983, i.e. within a normal person’s living memory, and it’s … Read more “Throwback Wednesday (1983) – Throw Me A Bone?”

This was an entertaining if relatively untaxing grid, which I completed in 34 minutes without having to Google around, though some guess work was checked up on to confirm lest I commit egregious errors once … Read more “TLS Crossword 1177 by Praxiteles – May 26, 2017 Here let us wallow”

It helped that I knew both the quotations and that they were longish ones anchoring the puzzle top and bottom.  And with one exception (17d) the literary refrences were more or less within my range.  … Read more “TLS Crossword 1176 by Talos – May 19, 2017”