Category: Other Crosswords

I’m off on a plane to Barcelona in a couple of hours; if all goes well this will appear as if by magic on the morning of next Friday, if not I’m in trouble I … Read more “TLS Crossword 1175 by Broteas – May 12, 2017 – Picked A Peck Of Pickled Peppers”

Expecting the trademark pun across the top line is just beginning to be helpful: if you can get one or other, it becomes a significant extra bit of information for solving  the associated clue. But … Read more “TLS Crossword 1174 by Myrtilus – May 5, 2017 Nothing Daunted”

An enjoyable musical puzzle which I found difficult.  I had all but 2 clues just about accounted for under the hour over a couple of sessions, mostly sans Google.  There’s still two I’m scratching my … Read more “TLS Crossword 1173 by Praxiteles – April 28, 2017. Who Was That Masked Man?”

…  the TLS is easier than you think! This was a very accessible and witty puzzle, with mostly straightforward cryptics and mainstream or entirely optional literary knowledge. And fun to solve. Nicely signed by Talos, … Read more “TLS 1172 by Talos”

This was definitely a solid diversion from the humdrum business of life, and I ploughed through it with cheerful determination for 71’12”. Blogging it, I am conscious of how much careful tiptoeing I was doing … Read more “TLS Crossword 1171 by Broteas – April 14, 2017 A mender of bad soles”

A captivating piece of whimsy with the now classic Myrtilus touch.  I printed this to look at in the car driving up to the country for the first time this season while I was sitting … Read more “TLS Crossword 1170 by Myrtilus – April 7, 2017. Knock knock. Who’s there?”

A fun puzzle that made me feel suitably erudite throughout with its copious references to all sorts of interesting things long archived away in the dusty attics of the mind. There are a number of … Read more “TLS Crossword 1169 by Praxiteles – March 31, 2017: Letters from a Citizen of the World”

Solving time: 45 minutes Music: Ted Shumate/Ira Sullivan – Gulfstream I found our Easter treat a little tough in various ways. With multiple setters, you never know exactly what you’re going to get, and no … Read more “Adrian Bailey’s Easter Puzzle Blogged”

I found this pretty accessible (for which read I knew some of the information needed) and took around 34 minutes to solve. It contains probably one of the easiest quotation clues ever to grace this … Read more “TLS Crossword 1168 by Talos – March 24, 2017”

After just over a year with the new regime at the TLS crossword I’ve come to regard Broteas as the most difficult of our four setters.  He seems to be adept at scrambling any wavelength … Read more “TLS Crossword 1167 by Broteas – March 17, 2017”