Replying to myself!  Another bunch of cryptic clues in the past few months asking for us to know things that are UK-centric.  Last week, e.g., a puzzle with the two clue answers across the top of the puzzle asked that you know that the Usk was a rive...

Continuing:  This past week, one puzzle asked for us to identify Norman Wisdom, an English comic actor who died in 2010.  Another clue wanted the county of Surrey for the answer. Many other examples since my last posting.  I guess not too many people...

Once again, I am posting my bafflement at the number of clues in the cryptic crosswords that are specifically targeted towards people who must live in the U.K.   This past week, for one example, there was the word "butcher" which means "to look at" i...

I've been doing the AARP "Easy" Cryptic for a few years now and I don't understand why the clues seem to be targeting a British membership.  Every puzzle contains a few clues that only a U.K. audience would be more familiar with than an American audi...

Now that some time has passed, the method of scoring has become clearer to me.    1.  Time is not a factor in scoring puzzles.  Whether it takes 10 minutes for me to complete a cryptic or an hour, the score on the completed puzzle depends solely on t...