Mostly gentle with one completely unparsable clue
Month: May 2023
Times Cryptic No 28613 — Commitment, Abby
I felt sluggish and found this one very difficult, though I was aware at several points that I might have saved 20 minutes or more if I just could have remembered a few key answers.
Times 28612 – the day I was 25-headed
Time taken: 34:33. One of my slowest solves ever, and only part of it is because I was watching a friend play the new Zelda game. This puzzle had me scratching my head and even … Read more “Times 28612 – the day I was 25-headed”
Times Quick Cryptic No 2403 by Pedro – not such tip-top editing!
12 minutes to solve, but there are a few editing problems with this puzzle from Pedro which took me a while to unravel…
Times 28611 – remember all those Greek variants?
Another somewhat quirky Wednesday puzzle, with some easy clues and some that were a bit harder to parse.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2402 by Felix
Nothing too outlandish in this offering from Felix. It was a quick solve for me today, all done in 9:15, for a rare sub-10 minute outing.
Times Cryptic 28610
As my solving time would suggest, I found this pretty easy. How did you do?
Quick Cryptic 2401 by Mara
A nice mix of clues here, with some not too difficult anagrams balanced by a few which helped to get the brain into gear for the day ahead.
Times 28609 – The setter’s quiddity
Lots of deletion clues detract a bit from the overall effect, perhaps, but all in all fine Thunderer fare.
Times Quick Cryptic 2400 by Oink
I finished this just within my 10 minute target.