As you maybe have noticed, The Times is having a little difficulty with their Mephisto puzzles. Due to an error, Mephisto 3223 by Don Manley was posted to both the Crossword Club and The Times online site, while the correct puzzle, Mephisto 3222, was published in the physical newspaper.
Day: 4th June 2022
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1557 – 21st May
I found this a Jumbo of average difficulty with plenty of straightforward clues to give checkers for the trickier ones. It took me just over 35 minutes.
Times Cryptic No 28302 – Saturday, 28 May 2022. Don’t need the dictionary …
Straightforward vocabulary here, except perhaps for the musical instruction at 25A and the slightly unfamiliar answer at 1D. My last few solved were in the NW corner, but yielded to thought.