I found this easy apart from the unknown word at 26dn and the obscure person named at 49ac
Month: January 2023
Times Cryptic No 28500 – Saturday, 14 January 2023. Cheap and cheerful.
I was struck by the colloquial vocabulary scattered through (or should I say, thru) answers and wordplay.
Quick Cryptic 2314 by Kenny
No sign of the King so far
Times Cryptic No 28505 — All good things…
48:12, so this is the harder puzzle I’ve been waiting for. Very tricky in places, though I tended to feel dumb rather than smart when the penny finally dropped, almost as if the penny fell right onto my head.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2313 by Izetti
I don’t have a time for my solve as I experienced a major interruption mid-solve, but I think I was comfortably inside my target…
Times 28504: deep cuts into swordlore
Time taken: 12:24. A little slower than my average, and the early times suggest that this could be a horses for courses puzzle, if the specific knowledge comes quickly, then it could be a rapid … Read more “Times 28504: deep cuts into swordlore”
Quick Cryptic 2312 by Pedro
I found this one from Pedro to be on the harder side, with a fair number of clues that combined multiple elements and needed careful parsing.
Times 28503 – where to find Mickey
For me, a steady top to bottom solve, in twenty minutes, with nothing difficult to explain.
Times Cryptic 28502
My solving time was pretty good considering the puzzle contains some tricky vocabulary, GK and clue construction. A very enjoyable workout though, and fun to blog.,
Times Quick Cryptic 2311 by Hurley
Lots to enjoy here in this offering from Hurley. Apologies for the late appearance of the blog – mea culpa