Times for The Times – Times and comments on The Times crossword from a team of solvers

Times Cryptic 29493 – Still Functioning.

JerryW18th March 2026 at 2:43 AM18 March 2026Daily Cryptic

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

Mike Harper18th March 2026 at 1:22 AM17 March 2026Quick Cryptic

An enjoyably gentle-to-medium-paced Pedro puzzle

Times Cryptic 29492

jackkt17th March 2026 at 1:44 AM18 March 2026Daily Cryptic

I lost a lot of time here over two answers entered incorrectly.

QC 3251 by Izetti

Merlin17th March 2026 at 1:14 AM17 March 2026Quick Cryptic

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?

Kitty16th March 2026 at 7:00 AM16 March 2026Quick Cryptic

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

vinyl116th March 2026 at 2:40 AM16 March 2026Daily Cryptic

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.

Mephisto 3419 – John Grimshaw

glh15th March 2026 at 1:13 AMMephisto

Greetings, barred-grid fans

Sunday Times 5206 by David McLean – never mind the beaver

keriothe15th March 2026 at 1:00 AM8 March 2026Weekend Cryptic

17:54. A lot of fun – including a couple of first-class long anagrams – in this week’s puzzle from Harry, which for some reason I found decidedly tricky. It all seems perfectly straightforward now but … Read more “Sunday Times 5206 by David McLean – never mind the beaver”