I found this chewy enough at time of solving, with the bottom half in particular taking a while to yield up its secrets, but parsing it I don’t see anything that looks too advanced, in … Read more “Times 28,379: Safe As Houses”
Month: August 2022
Times Quick Cryptic No 2209 by Mara
A bit of a tricky Quick Crossword from Mara today, if my time is anything to go by, but maybe I was just a bit tired. It’s one for anagram lovers, with no less than 9 of them. Nice one Mara – Thank-you. How did you all get on?
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Sawbill’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find his crossword here. Enjoy!
Times Quick Cryptic No 2208 by Breadman
Gentler than the last couple of days…
Times 28378 – a world tour
Time taken: 9:46. The early solvers seemed to find this one more difficult than recent puzzles, and I hit on a few lucky guesses that I now have to unravel for the blog. Quite a … Read more “Times 28378 – a world tour”
Times 28377 – take a pain killer
I enjoyed this, although there are a few dodgy clues I’d take issue with, and one I’d never heard of but had to guess from the wordplay.
Times Quick Cryptic 2207 by Hawthorn
Well… I was warned this could be tough, as we might have come to expect from this setter.
Times Cryptic 28376
15dn and 21dn delayed me at the end and caused me to miss my target half-hour.
Times Quick Cryptic 2206 by Jalna
8 minutes for an anti-clockwise solve finishing with 6dn. I’m a bit tight on time today so let’s snap into it.
Times Quick Cryptic 2205 by Pedro
Hi all. Many thanks to Jackkt for covering for me while I was away.
Times 28375 – Ignorant, sentimental, metaphoric?
This was almost a typical Monday puzzle, but I got stuck in the end. I do know a fair number of English towns, but I am a little vague on their location. For that matter, even in Connecticut, I recognize the name of the town but have to look on the map to see where it is.