flashling

Reincarnated blogger. I’m now 62 and sadly recently made redundant. Started doing cryptics whilst living in Oxford (despite being a Cambridge man) in about 1988 when I started buying the Independent which I’ve done pretty much every day since. Flirted with the Guardian and Times but prefer the Indy. I’m not an overly fast solver, preferring to savour rather rush through it. Away from crosswords I used to do professional firework displays as a part time job/hobby but it's best left now to younger fitter folks.

Independent 8,735 by Tyrus

Mon October 13, 2014 at 1:59 pmMon October 13, 2014 at 8:37 am by flashling

Good Lord, Tyrus on a Monday, has he produced an easy one?

Everyman 3,546

Mon September 29, 2014 at 12:11 pmSun September 28, 2014 at 7:49 am by flashling

A lot of cryptic defs I thought this week

Guardian 26,373 by Nutmeg

Wed September 24, 2014 at 10:49 amWed September 24, 2014 at 9:06 am by flashling

Nutmeg returns, some tricky stuff today.

Independent 8,717 by Crosophile

Mon September 22, 2014 at 10:04 am by flashling

A sweet musical interlude from Crosophile today

Guardian 26,366 by Picaroon

Tue September 16, 2014 at 12:00 pmTue September 16, 2014 at 10:07 am by flashling

Lovely puzzle, not horrendously hard, see yesterday’s Donk in the Indy for that, my first Picaroon blog.

Guardian 26,359 by Chifonie

Mon September 8, 2014 at 1:18 pmMon September 8, 2014 at 9:30 am by flashling

Well, that was a struggle, very hard work and thought for a while it was going to beat me.

Everyman 3,542

Sun August 31, 2014 at 7:15 am by flashling

A quick solve for me this week with the SE holding me up the longest.

Guardian 26,343 by Paul

Wed August 20, 2014 at 9:11 am by flashling

Guardian regular Paul today.

Guardian 26,336 by Chifonie

Tue August 12, 2014 at 3:33 pmTue August 12, 2014 at 9:33 am by flashling

Well, not much to say today. Chifonie at possibly his mildest.

Independent 8,681 by Punk

Mon August 11, 2014 at 12:20 pmMon August 11, 2014 at 9:01 am by flashling

Punk today with a fairly gentle, I thought, start to the week.

Guardian 26,329 by Rufus

Mon August 4, 2014 at 2:05 pmMon August 4, 2014 at 9:03 am by flashling

Good morning, the usual Rufusian mixture of stuff and a grid that shouldn’t provoke too many whinges.

Everyman No 3,538

Sun August 3, 2014 at 7:09 am by flashling

My first Everyman blog, alas the normal blogging software is not available to post this so it’s a bit old school today. Not overly difficult, recent ones have been more so I gather. … Read more >>