I found this quite tricky to finish off: I had four clues left at the 6 minute mark, and took another 4:30 for the 11d-13ac and 6d-19ac crossers.
Month: June 2022
Times 28318 I be free to go abroad
Not a quick solve by my standards at 25.20, and I seemed to rove over various discrete bits of the puzzle without any methodical joining. One clue, 6d, defied proper resolution during the session, … Read more “Times 28318 I be free to go abroad”
Times Quick Cryptic 2157 by Oink
Straightforward, but not boringly so.
Times 28317 – suffer fools gladly.
I thought this was quite fun, not too demanding with with a few interesting words; twenty minutes saw it done and dusted. Did he ever find his dog, I wonder?
Times Cryptic 28316
Solving time: 70 minutes with help from aids on a couple of clues. I found this really hard work —
Times Quick Cryptic 2156 by Izetti
The first five across flew in but then things got stickier all round. Major problems were 7dn which threw me with the spelling and, finally, 15dn was a dnk but a fair bet.
Times 28315 – Half way there
I thought this was going to be a very easy one, but I was forced to change my mind about half-way through. The top ones went in easily enough, but there were a few tricky ones in the middle and bottom that held me up.
Times Quick Cryptic 2155 by Jalna
Warm greetings from sunny Dorset, where I am staying with my friend Willow the cat and his humans.
I enjoyed this one, from the neat 1a to the smooth 19d. Lately I seem to fare better than usual with puzzles ending in 5: perhaps blogging focusses my mind. Therefore, I will just leave it to you all to report back on how you found it. Thanks Jalna!
Sunday Times 5010 by Dean Mayer
13:51, but with one silly error. I know perfectly well how to spell the town on the Isle of Wight but somehow allowed my false assumption about how to spell the golf tournament override that knowledge. Drat.
Mephisto 3223 – Don Manley
Greetings, barred-grid fans. The puzzle appeared out of order in the online Times, and the solution will be published online today, so the blog is appearing at around the same time as 3222. Rather fun … Read more “Mephisto 3223 – Don Manley”