Category: Other Crosswords

This is the first Myrtilus I’ve blogged – the previous one (1118 on March 25th) was very difficult indeed and fell to Zabadak’s lot.  There were plenty of tricks here but I was able to … Read more “TLS crossword 1126 by Myrtilus – May 20, 2016”

The sacrifices we make to bring truth and beauty to light! I did not find this too tricky, and rounded off at 35.20. But checking through to get the lowdown and detail on the answers: … Read more “TLS Crossword 1124 by Talos – May 6, 2016 The Naughty Bits.”

Back to plain vanilla here after Verlaine’s lavishly illustrated tales from Shakespeare last week.  It was a relief to learn from the Club Forum that others found this tough. It was a whiplash-inducing mix of … Read more “TLS Crossword 1123 by Broteas – April 29, 2016”

After the two puzzles immediately preceding this, which were extremely tricky, I should have been on Easy Street here – so of course I made a mistake.  Memo to self:  do not try to do … Read more “TLS Crossword 1120 by Talos – April 8, 2016”

Just as well I didn’t have to blog this on the day, what with it being Good Friday, a busy day in my calendar what with the debut performance of my script for the annual … Read more “TLS 1118 by Myrtilus : A birthday treat”

This was a most welcome bonus bespoke crossword, sent to us by Isla a/k/a Rob, to coincide with the Times for the Times celebrations in London and New York.  It’s well composed and has a … Read more “10th Anniversary Puzzle by Isla”

Solving time: About 50 minutes Music: Stravinsky, Petrouchka, Monteux/BSO This puzzle is now available, without any virus or adware, from my personal web space: http://home.earthlink.net/~vinyl1/Science0207150001.pdf I found this puzzle enjoyable, and of only moderate difficulty. … Read more “The Rotter’s Science-themed Times-based Crossword”

In 1982 I was working all hours in Dublin and my cruciverbalising was confined to ‘Crosaire’ in the Irish Times, when time allowed. As I remember, those fine puzzles were considerably harder than this one; … Read more “Times June 1982 – online puzzle in place of championship qualifier #3”

After yesterday’s stinker, I was hoping for a testing but solvable ‘normal’ puzzle to demonstrate my blogging skills (or lack of), so my hopes were dashed when I saw I’d landed another vintage jobbie as … Read more “Times Cryptic from June 1973 – those were the days, my friends”

Solving time: about 15 minutes Thanks to Sotira and JerryWh for another chance to briefly re-live the days of producing crossword-related material which you can still change after a few people have read it. I’m … Read more “Christmas Turkey “roasting” 2014″