I found this quite tricky and made heavy weather of my last three.
Month: June 2023
Times 28630 – The walrus, leopard and harp, OK?
No time for me on this, as I left the clock running during a necessary absence, but probably around 25 minutes, as I stumbled over rather a lot of the clues. As ever, spotting … Read more “Times 28630 – The walrus, leopard and harp, OK?”
Times 28629 – all that jazz.
A good puzzle made all the more enjoyable with the inclusion of some unusual words.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2417 by Pedro
I didn’t find today’s offering that straightforward and initially wondered whether I might be having an off day….
QC 2416 by Oink: Piggy in the Middle
A well-balanced puzzle, with plenty to think about but nothing to complain about.
Times Cryptic 28628
Goodness me, what a lot of long clues today! No wonder it took me so long to solve as there was a lot of detail to unpack in the parsing.
Times 28627 – Brave new world!
This was definitely not a typical Monday puzzle. Even for the clues I solved quickly, I was thinking really, you are expected to know that?
Times Quick Cryptic 2415 by Izetti – stop wasting time!
Hi everybody. Despite a good start this took me two minutes over average time, so I clearly had to think a bit.
Sunday Times 5062 by Robert Price
13:38. A moderately tricky one from Robert this week, up to the usual elegant and entertaining standard.
Mephisto 3275 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans! I don’t remember having too much difficulty with this puzzle, but there were plenty of smiles to be had, as I was familiar with a few of the odder entries, particularly the … Read more “Mephisto 3275 – Robert Teuton”