Another fine offering, which took me heunny naimits. O all right, 79 minutes. And yes, yes, 16 seconds. 22 and 26 were the undeserving holdups, but in truth, by the time I got to them … Read more “TLS Crossword 1139 by Broteas – August 19, 2016 A cabinet of curiosities”
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TLS Crossword 1138 by Myrtilus – August 12, 2016
I’ve had some difficulty with Myrtilus’s excellent creations but solved this one smoothly enough on the Hudson Line train within the hour between Yonkers and New Hamburg. Parsing was quite another matter thanks to some … Read more “TLS Crossword 1138 by Myrtilus – August 12, 2016”
TLS 1137 by Praxiteles – The Uxbridge Companion to Music
Competition! I have one wrong but haven’t been able to pin it down. First one to spot the mistake gets a signed copy of William Byrd’s The Thieving Magpie. Edit: I’ve now identified my mistake … Read more “TLS 1137 by Praxiteles – The Uxbridge Companion to Music”
TLS Crossword 1136 by – erm – let me think about it – ah yes, Talos – July 29, 2016
40 minutes for this one, a pleasant piece of work with the happy knack of making you believe you actually knew stuff by providing accessible wordplay to answers on the fringe of memory. The crossword … Read more “TLS Crossword 1136 by – erm – let me think about it – ah yes, Talos – July 29, 2016”
TLS Crossword 1135 by Broteas – July 22, 2016
My heart sank a bit when I saw I’d drawn a Broteas in the blogging rotation – my last two outings on his puzzles were lacklustre at best. So it was a very pleasant surprise … Read more “TLS Crossword 1135 by Broteas – July 22, 2016”
TLS Crossword 1133 by Praxiteles – July 8, 2016: Bom Dia Senhor. E como são todos vocês hoje?
A terrific piece of work, this, which I unraveled in 47.56, with some recourse to Google’s algorithms for confirmation and enlightenment (vide infra 1ac, but not before I had manfully found several checkers). One of … Read more “TLS Crossword 1133 by Praxiteles – July 8, 2016: Bom Dia Senhor. E como são todos vocês hoje?”
TLS Crossword 1132 by Talos – July 1, 2016
No accurate time for this but I did it in the train between Grand Central and Ossining (the tracks run right through Sing Sing) so that means under 45 minutes. I’m biased in favour of … Read more “TLS Crossword 1132 by Talos – July 1, 2016”
TLS Crossword 1130 by Myrtilus – June 17, 2016
Another fine offering from Myrtilus, with a pretty consistent theme of travelling or just being on holiday. It took me 38.26, and while there is one reference I can’t pin down, there was nothing to … Read more “TLS Crossword 1130 by Myrtilus – June 17, 2016”
TLS 1129 by Praxiteles – June 10, 2016
A few days before this puzzle was posted Peter Biddlecombe revealed the identities of the 4 setters here. Praxiteles is D. G. Tallis who sets for the Telegraph, the Times (Listener), the Church Times and … Read more “TLS 1129 by Praxiteles – June 10, 2016”
TLS Crossword 1127 by Broteas – May 27, 2016 Knowns and Unknowns
“But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that … Read more “TLS Crossword 1127 by Broteas – May 27, 2016 Knowns and Unknowns”