Category: Other Crosswords

ENVOI “Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery”.  The theme of this excellent puzzle is Jane Austen – for obvious reasons (the 200th anniversary of her death).  There seems to have been some controversy … Read more “TLS Crossword 1185 – “1 Across and 1 Down” by Praxiteles – July 21, 2017.”

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”