An approachable puzzle from Felix, I thought.
Month: July 2023
Times 28665 – easy come, easy go? Not at all.
This was one of those puzzles that found me completing most of the clues in quick time but struggling with a few at the end.
Times Cryptic 28664
I found this hard but persevered and eventually managed to complete the grid in 51 minutes.
QC 2446 by Wurm: Singin’ in the Wind
A good puzzle from Wurm but with one bit of vocab that is definitely 15×15 level, where it was sighted last week.
Times 28663 – Up the creek without an atlas
I was treating this as a typical Monday puzzle, biffing my way through the grid. But at the end, I came to the NW corner, and really had to think hard, using knowledge I didn’t know I had.
Times Quick Cryptic 2445 by Trelawney – beastly shenanigans
Hi all. It’s a nice normal Monday in crosswordland. Well, that was my experience – yours may differ.
Lots of clues appealed including 9a, 11a, and even 16a. I also liked 17d, partly just because I like the word, and 19d. Thanks Trelawney!
Mephisto 3281 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans. I enjoyed this one, and there’s some signature Tim Moorey touches including references to more recent people disguised as classical figures, and intricate subtractions in wordplay. In Mephisto puzzles, definitions can be … Read more “Mephisto 3281 – Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 5068 by Robert Price
14:52. Another excellent puzzle from Robert, which I found quite tricky.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1624 (Saturday 8 July 2023)
I found this fairly easy.
Times Cryptic No 28656 – Saturday, 15 July 2023.
The north-west corner gave the most opposition. In contrast, the other long clue at 7dn was clear from the helpers, but needed time to decipher the wordplay. I had to consult my brains trust about 24ac!