Plenty to chew over after the fact, since a few (especially downs) went in on checkers and without fully understanding the wordplay. By no means an all-weekender, nevertheless.
Times Quick Cryptic No 3254 by Cheeko
Following on from a tricky one from Bjorn yesterday, today we have another tricky Quick Cryptic, this time from Cheeko. A good workout with lots of fine clues.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword entitled “A Musical Game” here.
29494 Bottles on the doorstep.
Time: 23:56 Not especially difficult, though younger viewers might be challenged by the featured entertainers and some rather odd vocabulary. Our setter seems to be particularly fond of things going backwards – I’ve counted 8 … Read more “29494 Bottles on the doorstep.”
Quick Cryptic 3253 by Bjorn
A nice old chewy one from one of our tougher setters.
Times Cryptic 29493 – Still Functioning.
Hello again. This crossword I found quite hard, although now I come to do the blog I’m not absolutely sure why…
Times Quick Cryptic No 3252 by Pedro
An enjoyably gentle-to-medium-paced Pedro puzzle
Times Cryptic 29492
I lost a lot of time here over two answers entered incorrectly.
QC 3251 by Izetti
An Izetti is always interesting, and this grid has two Battleships, for those who remember the game. I struggled and ended up on 15:21 with one reveal.
Times Quick Cryptic 3250 by Trelawney – a monster in the morning?
Hi all. As is usual for a Trelawney puzzle, this all went very smoothly for me – not a monster at all. I much enjoyed it, thanks Trelawney!
Times 29491 – Kicking myself
This should have been rather easy, but after racing through about two-thirds I became most thoroughly stuck, and could just not see some very simple clues.