Hope you're having a nice vacation, Falcon. Going walking? Watching a cricket match? Meeting up with Yorkshire constructors?
Here's a quick solution for the folks who might be looking for one. (Falcon was kind enough to give me my first crossword blogging break, serving as a vacation fill-in)
Cryptic crosswords is a pastime I took up following retirement from a career as a telecommunications engineer. As an avid solver of regular crossword puzzles, I had long been intrigued by the cryptic crosswords that appeared beside them in the newspaper. However, occasional forays into this area produced very meager results - perhaps solutions to one or two clues.
Following retirement, I finally had time to research the principles and conventions used in cryptic crosswords. Soon, I was able to solve a goodly portion of most puzzles - although I might not have always understood all the wordplay. And - to me - understanding the wordplay is just as important as finding the solution.
I hope this blog can be a forum where those of us who enjoy solving cryptic crossword puzzles can share our thoughts and experience to our mutual benefit.
Hope you're having a nice vacation, Falcon. Going walking? Watching a cricket match? Meeting up with Yorkshire constructors?
ReplyDeleteHere's a quick solution for the folks who might be looking for one. (Falcon was kind enough to give me my first crossword blogging break, serving as a vacation fill-in)
1a ORIENT EXPRESS
9a TOPICAL
10a GROWNUP
11a SONAR
12a PASSENGER
13a COLOGNE
14a SHALLOT
16a TOSTADA
19a MARBLED
21a CONDUCTOR
23a VIRAL
25a MALABAR
26a INSULIN
27a TRANS-SIBERIAN
1d OATHS
2d IMPANEL
3d NICARAGUA
4d ELLIPSE
5d PEGASUS
6d EVOKE
7d SENEGAL
8d OPERATED
13d CATACOMB
15d ARRIVISTE
17d SINGLET
18d ANTARES
19d MARTINI
20d LORELEI
22d UMBRA
24d LINEN
--Braze
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