Time taken: 8:54. There are some slick times amongst the early solvers, so I may have made a bit of a meal of this. I probably should have trusted my first instincts on 12 across … Read more “Times 28432 – hopefully nothing too 20”
Month: October 2022
Times 28431 – not a wild goose chase
A slightly avian theme to this fairly mild but pleasant puzzle, with birds featuring at 4d, 12a and 16a.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2252 by Izetti
Not my finest effort. Most of this puzzle was quite easy, but there were a few clues in the upper-left which completely stymied me!
Times Cryptic 28430
I found this very hard and needed 57 minutes to work my way through it. Mostly very enjoyable though, and a good challenge.
Times Quick Cryptic 2251 by Orpheus
Hi everyone. While Chris is busy grandson sitting, I am the first of those sitting in for him here.
A puzzle to phone a friend about? I ask because a cockney reference and no less than three dogs (two of them eating) made me think of dog and bone. I was almost tempted to take inspiration from Astro_Nowt and pen some suitable lines, but you are spared my doggerel!
Times 28429 – Not quite getting the mizuage
A little tougher than an average Monday, with some tricky clueing and a bit of Anglocentric stuff (19 down combines both).
Times Quick Cryptic 2250 by Pedro
My solving time was 11 minutes and so my run of missed QC targets continues although today I was only 1 minute over the line.
Mephisto 3242 – Tall tails
While there were some typical Mephisto clues here, quite a few of them were deceptively simple. Whenever the solver was expecting something complex, the setter offered something ridiculously simple.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5029 by Robert Price — Making a scene
The usual bravura performance from Bob—what else can I say?
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1579: They Don’t Like It Up ‘Em
No complaints about this lovely Jumbo, brimming with good surfaces and interesting wordplay. Given that I only started getting into Dad’s Army a couple of years ago (I may be slow, but I always get … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1579: They Don’t Like It Up ‘Em”