The Times Quick Cryptic Crossword book 1: 80 challenging quick cryptic crosswords from The Times (The Times Crosswords)

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The National Union of Railwaymen ceased to exist from 1990. Setters cling onto their old abbreviations long after the Union has been merged, or renamed. You’ll also see NUT (renamed in 2017) for “teachers”. RESECT - not 100% sure, but I think this is REST (support, as in snooker) with EC (City of London, hence financial centre) inserted. RED ALERT– RED (ginger) ALE (beer) RT (right). Fun surface. There I was I thinking it was a nice cup of tea that was called for in such circumstances. APOCALYPSE– CALYPS{o} (ballad) without the last letter, [short], in A POE ( Edgar Allan Poe; writer). EXCHANGE– Double definition. Since farthings and threepenny bits are no longer legal tender, they are now ex-change.

Word Fills in the correct word for the space or clue you’ve highlighted. If you use a Hint, you won’t get a ranking. registered users can also test their knowledge and solve The Times Daily Quiz or the interactive quiz WordYou know what’s coming so you may want to skip my comments below. Don’t blame me if you find them depressing…. The Cryptic crosswords are published from Monday to Saturday and on the last day that is Saturday, there is a prize crossword.

On Saturdays there is also a Prize Jumbo cryptic, similar in style to the daily puzzle but using a 23x23 grid. At The Times, puzzle fans get their money's worth. In addition to the crosswords, which are published daily,FRENCH BEAN - café is French for coffee, so you would find many beans (not just one) in a cup or pot, say

LOHENGRIN - RHEINGOL[d] N*; Lohengrin is not part of the Ring Cycle, as Rheingold is - just another opera from Wagner. Me, I care little for the music or the man. informal café session at the annual Cheltenham Literature Festival. There, the Northern Ireland native helps Odd word, you may have heard of Metatarsal, from the Tarsus, bones in the foot. This is its plural. And St Paul came from Tarsus in Turkey. THORNDIKE– THORN [that you’d not want in your side] + {vetoe}D + IKE. Sybil, with whom in mind for the title role George Bernard Shaw wrote Saint Joan. Definitions underlined in italics, ( Abc)* indicating anagram of Abc, deletions and [] other indicators. Across

I usually solve online, but this time I had to grab some paper to scribble out the long anagrams and try to decipher them. The fact that Richard Rogan is a true crossword puzzle aficionado is also evident from the fact that he runs the TRIFID—T[-imes] R[-eview] + IF, “provided” + ID, “papers”; Merriam-Webster: Latin trifidus split into three, from tri- + findere to split …Looked to me like a noun, but lo, it is an adjective. RHONE - sounds like ROAN, which can describe the white and coloured patchy coat of horses, cows, and other animals.