I found this straightforward. How did you do?
Month: September 2023
Quick Cryptic 2481 by Izetti
I don’t have much time, so please, even though I like his puzzles, anyone but a certain setter…, oh, no!
Times 28705 – Memories of Duane
The latest in a run of not especially complex Monday puzzles took me 15:50.
Times Quick Cryptic 2480 by Oink
I found this quite straightforward.
Mephisto 3288 – Back to normal – phew!
Well, the all-clear has sounded, and I breezed through this one. The parsing was not difficult if you are willing to check a few things in Chambers.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5075 by David McLean — Get out of town!
Working this was a sheer delight, with moments of sudden surprise.
Times Bank Holiday Cryptic Jumbo No 1632 – 28th August
A lovely middle-of-the road Cryptic Jumbo for the Bank Holiday with a good mix of easy and harder clues.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1631 – Kapow! Biff! Zowie!
It only took 30 minutes to complete this jumbo, putting it firmly at the easier end of the spectrtum for me at least, but I found it most enjoyable thanks to some excellent clueing.
Times Cryptic 28698 – Sat, 2 Sept 2023. Sweet little lies?
So, how many are into non-alcoholic drinks, I wonder? (We may not believe 15ac.) Clever wordplay, without esoterica – my kind of thing!
Times 28703 – I’ll grieve to hear what torments you endured
I’ll make a pre-SNITCH guess of about 130, or pretty hard.