Time taken: 10:32. Spent a few minutes near the end trying to figure out if my last few entries were actually words, but it turned out I could trust the wordplay, which is a good … Read more “Times 28204 – rise and rinse”
Month: February 2022
Times Quick Cryptic No 2063 by Wurm
Some of the parsing here didn’t get finally clarified until I came to write the blog (inc. 1, 3, 4 and 7d), and I don’t have an accurate time as I was interrupted several times … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2063 by Wurm”
Times Quick Cryptic 2062 by Tracy
Introduction 3:49, which continues a bizarre streak of fast times for me (my average solving time for the Quick Cryptic is about 7 1/2 minutes). These went in about as fast as I could type … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2062 by Tracy”
Times 28203 – no Bette Davis eyes for me.
Not as tough as last Wednesday’s, I thought, but still quite chewy in places. Some I liked – notably 21a, 15d, 17d. Some evoked a mild eyebrow raise, such as 14a; one – 3d – … Read more “Times 28203 – no Bette Davis eyes for me.”
Times Cryptic 28202
Solving time: 30 minutes. This was a little harder than yesterday’s puzzle but I still found it reasonably straightforward, and I’m not complaining after some of the really tricky challenges of last week. As usual … Read more “Times Cryptic 28202”
Times Quick Cryptic 2061 by Izetti
After a slow start, I sped up considerably and had completed all bar 5dn in 8 minutes. The LOI bug then struck me down and I didn’t yield to treatment for 1.5 minutes. Having now … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2061 by Izetti”