Slim pickings on the left hand side, but quite quickly broke into the right and finished back where I started in the NW. As usual when I achieve a time I’m happy with, I had several lucky flashes of inspiration (okay, biffs) that then had to be reverse engineered.
Times Quick Cryptic No 3314 by Cheeko
A stiff and cheeky Friday challenge from Cheeko today.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Sawbill’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword here.
29554 There once was a likeable setter…
Time: 23:26, though a lot of it felt rather easier on review. There are some very straightforward anagrams, for example. A couple of less familiar words are well signposted. And the clues are fine enough, … Read more “29554 There once was a likeable setter…”
Quick Cryptic 3313 by Teazel
Very nice, middling difficulty.
Times Cryptic 29553 – Upmarket Edition.
Hello again. I enjoyed this crossword, no unknowns or obscurities (well, only a couple) and neat, concise clueing.
Times Quick Cryptic No 3312 by Joker
Joker delivers another quality puzzle
Times QC No 3311 by Juji
Phew what a scorcher, the temperature this weekend, not my time, which was a respectable 9:52.
Times Cryptic 29552
Fairly straightforward today.
Times Quick Cryptic 3310 by Wurm – I am the blog of hellfire
Hi all, and happy bank holiday if that applies to you. It’s good to see Wurm again so soon.
I enjoyed this puzzle more than usual. In general I thought the definitions were nicely incorporated, not too plainly in sight but not so disguised as to push the difficulty sky high.
For the blog title I nearly went with “on fire, then burned!” which describes my solve: I was on course for a near-record time when I found myself stalled for a more than a minute on a clue which shouldn’t have troubled me … It is too hot!
I hope you are keeping cool and had as much fun as I did today. Thanks Wurm.
Times 29551 – Brevity – the soul of crosswords?
I hope none of our usual solvers find any difficulty here; in fact, I would encourage those who usually stick to the Quickie to give this one a go. Even if you don’t finish, there are lots of easy clues to get started.