Quick Cryptic 709 by Teazel
Teazel has given us a breezy puzzle today, light on anagrams but with more than a spattering of whimsy. Took me 4:29, so I'm going to guess it was easier than average. Wonder what you made of it?Not...
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Club Monthly 20194 November 2016 - comment?cd = cryptic definition, dd = double definition, rev = reversed, anagrams are *(--), homophones indicated in ""Dictionaries: The Club Monthly uses several...
View ArticleChristmas Turkey 2016
UPDATE: As of 17.30 GMT we are slightly oversubscribed, so I'm afraid we're now filling the subs' bench. Do please register your interest, regardless. Anyone who misses out will surely get first dibs...
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Times 26,579: Let The Wookiee Win
Running late this morning so it's a laconic blog you'll be getting (sounds of cheers from jackkt et al). Did this on paper in an unremarkable, but pleasingly rational, 11:44. At first I thought it a...
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TLS 1149 by Praxiteles - Fireworks
Note: Apologies for the extreme lateness of this blog which is a result of an excess of diligence. I wrote this last week then forgot all about posting it until a wee nudge from the Ed. I'm on the road...
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With money being tight at TftT this year, unfortunately we are unable to offer this blog with any kind of Black Friday price reduction - sorry. I found this puzzle to be of about average difficulty...
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Club Monthly 20194 November 2016
Solving Time: An excellent crossword which nevertheless took me under an hour, about 50 mins or so which makes it of average hardness, Apatite or feldspar perhaps on Moh's scale. This blog is a day...
View ArticleSaturday Times 26574 - please be patient!
It's ok, I haven't forgotten about it today. I had it half-finished about 8:00 this morning when I got an urgent message from work asking for help, and then I had to go out at 10. They kept me busy...
View ArticleSunday Times 4721 by Jeff Pearce
An enjoyable solve over a few beers sitting in a pub garden in Sydney, where I'm currently doing a couple of weeks work and also catching up with old mates. Overall some pretty straightforward fare (at...
View ArticleMephisto 2934 by Don Manley
I found this relatively straightforward with some clear wordplay leading to the derivation of solutionsAcross1GASCONADE - G(AS-CON)ADE; Consevative=CON; cod (family)=GADE; boasting; 10DRY,ICE -...
View ArticleTimes Cryptic 26581
I'm posting this for Ulaca whose Tardis landed a little prematurely on this occasion so I had to reprogram it. Apologies to anyone who chanced upon the early edition:My second voyage in the time...
View ArticleTimes Quick Cryptic 710 by Tracy
For this I needed 9 minutes, my first QC solve within my target 10 since Joker's offering last Monday. Today's grid was particularly helpful with 4 x 6-letter words each having only 2 unchecked...
View ArticleTimes Cryptic 26582
I needed a minute or two over an hour for this one but as so often when I had finished blogging I wondered why it took me so long to solve. After Ulaca's fascinating but lengthy intro yesterday (what...
View ArticleQuick Cryptic No 711 by Pedro
12 minutes. It seemed to me that some answers were easier to come up with than the full explanation of the word play. This made for a fun time blogging - I even have a loose end at 14dn so hope for...
View ArticleQuick Cryptic 712 by Flamande
Maybe it was my jet lag kicking in as I tackled this one shortly after flying in from Sydney to London, but I found this quite tricky in parts and it took me an unfeasible amount of time for a...
View ArticleTimes 26583 - j'ai perdu mon goose
I see only 46% of solvers on the day in the second semi of the Championships completed this correctly. I found it a lumpy mix of facile clues, normal stuff and a couple of chewy bits, although in...
View ArticleTimes 26584 - nine down?
Solving time : 18:43 but with one mistake, which on a glance back at what I submitted turned out to be a rather silly typo. I was so far from the setters wavelength on this one that it's not even...
View ArticleQuick cryptic No 713 by Marty
I don’t think I remember coming across Marty before (but no doubt, Jack will correct me), but this was a relatively simple QC although my time was still one minute over my new target of 15 minutes....
View ArticleTimes Cryptic 26585
I'm covering for Verlaine today.This was going very well but I hit a wall as the half-hour approached with almost nothing in the SW corner. Once I got going again it fell into place quite quickly but...
View ArticleTLS Crossword 1150 by Myrtilus - November 11, 2016
This didn't actually take me the 4 days recorded on the Club timer - more like about 50 minutes. No sooner had I printed out the puzzle that Friday than all internet and cable tv service from one of...
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