Times Quick Cryptic 330 by Pedro
This one took me 9 minutes but didn't flow too well at first so I had to keep hopping around the grid to find answers that came more readily to mind so as not to lose momentum. I don't think there's...
View ArticleTimes 26125 – Leave me to heaven
Definitely on the meaty side for a Monday, with one Shibboleth clue (15a) to sort out the men from the boys. I was a boy…51 minutes for my very untechnical Did Not Finish. ACROSS1. RUGGED – RUGGE[r] –...
View ArticleQuick Cryptic No 331 by Tracy
Some challenging clues in an entertaining, medium difficulty (12 minutes) puzzle. The SW caused me more problems than elsewhere but I'm not sure why now. Some of the word play took a little puzzling...
View ArticleTimes 26,126
Morning, all. I solved this when I got in late last night, but felt too tired to stay up and blog it. That means I can now see how my overnight time compared to others as an indicator of relative...
View ArticleTimes Quick Cryptic 332 by Oran
A most enjoyable, slightly different flavour of puzzle today with a number of cryptic style clues and definitions, and less clues based on deconstruction and reconstruction of words.A few that went in...
View ArticleTimes June 1982 - online puzzle in place of championship qualifier #3
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...
View ArticleTimes 26128 - now we are five?
Solving time : Oh wow - I hit the submit button at 13:02 on the club timer... and look to see where I am on the leader board. Not on the front page, oh no... dead last and with 5 errors! I hope those...
View ArticleTimes Quick Crossword No 333 by Teazel - The Wordsum of all the Parts
Solving time: relatively straightforwardSorry for the delay, but still trekking back and forth for treatment on my pesky leg.I did wonder if we would get a special puzzle to celebrate the number today,...
View ArticleTimes 26,129: The Bad Revolting Stars
A very enjoyable puzzle, I thought, with some truly groanworthy puns coming thick and fast until I was sure the setter had been having a lot of fun compiling this. Nice mix of the highfalutin with the...
View ArticleQuick Cryptic No 334 by Hurley - anagram practice time
A medium level quickie with no obscure words or unfair clues today, good setting Mr Hurley, a couple of long anagrams to unravel, not much else to add.Across1SATURN - SA = saw with backing W away, TURN...
View ArticleSaturday Times 26124 (13th June)
Solving time 19:09, so a bit on the sluggish side for me. Probably just because I solved it on the way home from work on Monday, and I was a bit tired as it was my first day in a new job. Well, that's...
View ArticleJumbo 1153
Posting this very quickly as we have just returned from vacation. Apologies for any errors - will fix ASAP.A few clues solved from the wordplay that needed dictionary confirmationAcross1 REACTIONARIES...
View ArticleMephisto 2859 - Don Manley
I have a Sunday morning routine - I take the Everyman, Sunday Times, Mephisto and Azed to the coffee place around the corner from my apartment and sit outside and see how far I can get while drinking a...
View ArticleSunday Times 4643 by Jeff Pearce
I came to this with an almighty hangover, which explains what turned out to be a relatively (to others on the leaderboard) sluggish time of 12:23 for an easy puzzle. Many of these clues are so simple...
View ArticleQuick Cryptic 335 by Izetti
On this day in 1856, H. Rider Haggard was born. Haggard wrote arguably the most popular book in Crosswordland, the adventure novel She. It's definitely worth remembering for beginners, along with its...
View ArticleTimes 26131 – Me, I’m blaming the set-up
Similar to Verlaine on this one, with one wrong. I may have taken a little longer, though, with half of my 47 minutes being taken up by a very tricky NW corner. Now to discover which of this excellent...
View ArticleQuick Cryptic No 336 by Orpheus
A very enjoyable outing as an easy start turned into more of a challenge on the right hand side. 11 minutes makes this easy-medium and I enjoyed some of the clues especially COD 2dn. LOI...
View ArticleTimes Cryptic - 26132
There were a lot of very easy clues here so it was quite late in the proceedings that I realised I would have difficulty finishing off because I simply didn’t know the term at 6dn which seems out of...
View ArticleQuick Cryptic Number 337 by Joker
This was entertaining and on the easy side. A few easy-to-get chemical symbols, enough anagrams, and some chuckles along the way - thanks setter! A couple needed sorting out for the blog after the...
View ArticleTimes 26133 - posh French ladies
At last a regular Wednesday with a medium difficulty modern puzzle, no relics from 1963 or 1981 to burn out my little grey cells or expose my lack of literary knowledge. Around 80% was done in 15...
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