Hardest QC I’ve ever seen. By miles.
Not sure what Orpheus is trying to do here. Some of the clues and vocabulary are Mephisto level.
Month: March 2023
Times Cryptic 28556
I found this pretty straightforward but for all that it was very enjoyable.
Times Quick Cryptic 2355 by Teazel – in which 12a describes your blogger …
Hello everyone. This puzzle took me nearly 10 minutes, the time at which I start to feel that either the puzzle is a little hard for a QC or I’m having an off day. Happy to stay the right side of the boundary, but still, you can tell me which! In any case, thanks Teazel.
Times 28555 – Sign here!
This one was just a little tricky, as the setter seems to like to rely on the secondary and tertiary senses of words. I made slow progress at first, and then sped up a little, but it was still a bit of a slog.
Mephisto 3263 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans. For Robert Teuton’s second Mephisto offering, I believe he ratcheted up the difficulty a touch. I liked the quirky clueing. particularly the long charades (2 and 17 down for example), and would … Read more “Mephisto 3263 – Robert Teuton”
Sunday Times 5050 by Robert Price – elementary
9:42. Another very entertaining puzzle from Robert. I had a couple of quibbles, one of which (3ac) I managed to resolve for myself, the other (16dn) still seems questionable to me. I’d be interested to … Read more “Sunday Times 5050 by Robert Price – elementary”
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1602
Oh dear. Maybe I got out of bed the wrong way the day I solved this, but I found this rather less to my taste than usual for a Jumbo Cryptic. “Too easy”, it says at the top of my copy, and I’m afraid I found it, on the whole, rather a processional solve
Times Cryptic No 28548 – Saturday, 11 March 2023. We will fight with crossword clues …
I loved the Churchilllian reference at 15ac. Clearly the clue of the day.
Times Quick Cryptic 2354 by Des
This didn’t put up very much resistance
Times Cryptic No 28553 — Nope
DNF. It took me about 40 minutes to get halfway through this puzzle, painstakingly. I didn’t have the heart to finish it, and something tells me I wouldn’t have been able to if I’d tried.