A pleasant solve from Dangle today avoiding obscurities and complicated parsing.
Times Cryptic 29534
Very enjoyable with no unknown words.
Times Cryptic No 29533
A gentle one to start the week.
Quick Cryptic 3292 by Oink
A mostly straightforward solve for me.
Mephisto 3426 – Alcohol free!
This is as easy as Mephisto gets – I filled in most of the answers without cracking my Chambers. I would expect many of the regular Mephisto fans to be a bit disappointed, but we do need to refresh the pool of Mephisto solvers, and you have to start somewhere.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5213 by Robert Price — fateful decisions, insights grasped
Another top-notch performance from Robert… no surprise there!
Quick Cryptic no 3291 by Hurley
A fine puzzle from Hurley this morning, rather tougher I think than many of his.
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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1785 – 18 April 2026. A dish perhaps not best served anagrammed
Hi all. This didn’t take me too long (about 45 unhurried minutes) but I did use aids for my last answer: I was clueless as to the order of unchecked letters in 2d. I bet I’ll see it all the time now. Nothing much to add other than thanks to the setter. Thanks setter!
Times Cryptic 29526 – Sat, 25 April 2026. Go east, young solver.
Not to say this was hard, but the ones that challenged me were all in the west. 1dn and 24dn, particularly.