More concise and clear cluing on a Wednesday provides us with a short and sweet midweek offering.
Quick Cryptic No 3246 by Mara
Nothing to scare the horses here.
Quick Cryptic 3245 by Hurley – not a little grey Fergie
I’ll be interested to hear what others think, but I found this pretty hard; maybe it was just me though.
Times Cryptic 29486
I found this very hard in places.
Times 29485 – Trust the wordplay and pray
A number of unknowns and vaguely-heard-ofs made this a much stiffer test than one normally is given on a Monday.
Quick Cryptic 3244 by Tango
This is Tango’s third QC and the first on my watch as blogger.
Mephisto 3418 – If you are a Kiwi familiar with Scots….
…you might do well. But I found this one rather chewy. While there are a few easy clues to get you started, there is some difficult vocabulary and some tough parsing here.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5205 by Dean Mayer — happy pill
This was just great fun, consisting entirely of pretty common words, but all clued ingeniously enough to keep it interesting to the end.
Quick Cryptic no 3243 by City
A puzzle by City of routine difficulty I think, but one that left me with slightly mixed feelings.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1776 – you mend these trousers
This was a very gentle offering, difficulty-wise, and deliberately so I think.