I was a fair bit slower than yesterday’s, so I’d put this on the tricky side. Looking forward to see how it fares on the shiny new SNITCH.
Month: September 2023
Accessing Today’s Crosswords
The Times seems to have a problem with its Puzzles page and Crossword club on the app and online at the moment. You can, however, print the puzzles from the ePaper. Navigate to the page with the crossword and click on the crossword. You should get a pop-up window with the ability to print the crossword.
[Update: The problem appears to have been fixed now].
Times 28713 – Occam’s razor
Sometimes we befuddle ourselves by imagining things are more complicated than they really are.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2487 by Joker
Around the medium-pace level? Even though none of the vocabulary is unusual, apart from…
QC 2486 by Orpheus
Steady solve for me, took about 12 minutes, with this excellent puzzle from Orpheus.
Times Cryptic 28712
An enjoyable solve
Special extra puzzle now available…
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Times 28711 – Capital Zzzz?
This was probably a pretty easy puzzle, but since I could barely stay awake while solving, my brain had trouble making the necessary jumps to get to the answers.
Times Quick Cryptic 2485 by Trelawney
Hi everyone. I thought this one fit the brief nicely; my solving was on the brief side too. Just a slight hold-up in 9a where I needed to let go of the idea that it would contain a certain letter. I see I’ve given special mention to Trelawney’s surfaces before and I could do the same again today. My COD was 11a. Thanks Trelawney!
Sunday Times 5076 by Dean Mayer – heading for something
22:01. I found this decidedly tricky, and at the time of solving I thought some of it was a bit questionable.