Fun puzzle today with some very nice clues, in what seems to be Marty’s first puzzle in almost exactly a year.
Month: September 2022
Times 28396 – science!
Time taken: 6:26. I got through this one pretty readily, but I think I might have been the target audience, with a few clues relating to science and a film director I admired. Early solvers … Read more “Times 28396 – science!”
Times Quick Cryptic No 2222 by Hurley
A good workout by Hurley! Challenging wordplay (but not overly so), combined with some misleading surfaces, made for a very enjoyable solve.
Times 28395 – ” … no new taxes”. Did I hear correctly?
A plethora of ‘leave out a letter or letters’ clues in this one, pleasant enough and rather Mondayish.
Times Cryptic 28394
This was mostly straightforward but an interesting puzzle to solve and blog. I had one unknown answer which was clearly correct from wordplay but took me rather by surprise and I shall be interested to find out if others also didn’t know it.
Times Quick Cryptic 2221 by Mara
This proved another in a run of not-very-quick cryptics for me. 12 minutes with the problem clue being 9dn. I liked the definition of 16dn.
Times 28393 – Back in the saddle…
As for the crossword, it was as prototypical for the second day of the week as you could possibly wish for. A bit of geography, a bit of classics, a bit of science and a smattering of literature
Times Quick Cryptic 2220 by Breadman
There was one tricky answer here and some wordplay that needed careful thought. How did you do?
Mephisto 3236 – Biffed it right, this time!
This one wasn’t too difficult for a Tim Moorey. There were at least a few fairly straightforward clues to get the solver started and provide crossing letters.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5023 by Robert Price — the spice of life
A very tasty assortment!