Category: Weekend Cryptic

 Perhaps my enjoyment was jaundiced by jet-lag after 23 hours of travel, but there were several clues I found unsatisfying here: 14ac, 4dn, 7dn  and perhaps 16dn, not to mention 15ac which is still a … Read more “Times Saturday 26814 – 26 August, 2017. I’ve got a little list!”

DNF. I struggled with this, for reasons I largely can’t see now that I come to write up the blog. I failed at the end on FOIE GRAS, and I’m reasonably clear on why I … Read more “Sunday Times 4760 by Jeff Pearce – O Captain! My Captain!”

This started easily with the two geisha clues, but got progressively harder. 14ac, 17ac and 7dn were all difficult. My choice for the clue of the day is 20ac – nice definition and nice wordplay. … Read more “Times Saturday 26808 – August 19, 2017. What does a geisha desire?”

It’s always encouraging when you spot 1 across in a heartbeat – particularly when it gives you the entire top row – and sure enough I found this to be one of Harry’s less demanding … Read more “Sunday Times 4759 by David McLean”

I got through this in just over an hour, so quickly for me. And all done without paper on the new site, since I’m travelling. It was the sort of puzzle I like, with clever … Read more “Times Saturday Cryptic No 26802 – 12 August 2017. Very relaxing.”

10:53. The new Puzzle Club doesn’t give scores or leaderboard positions for competition puzzles until the solution is published, so I don’t know whether my time for this puzzle is relatively fast or slow, or … Read more “Sunday Times 4758 by Dean Mayer”

This was my first blog from the new Crossword Club site. I was able to solve on paper more or less as usual. The only real hiccup came when I tried to cut and paste … Read more “Times Cryptic No 26796, Saturday, 05 August 2017. Everything old is new again?”

A not too stretching puzzle from Jeff which I enjoyed solving whilst sipping a couple of glasses of wine in the garden of a French farmhouse owned by some friends near Carcassonne with whom I … Read more “Sunday Times 4757 by Jeff Pearce”

I don’t know if it was because I have just got back from being heavily engaged in other things, but this crossword seemed to be a struggle from start to finish. (Thanks to McText for … Read more “Times Saturday 26790 – July 29, 2017. Call me baffled.”

21:50. I’m on holiday at the moment so I’ve got plenty of the stuff on my hands, but somehow I have found it more difficult than usual to find the time to write my blog. … Read more “Sunday Times 4756 by David McLean”