Felt on the hard side to me, at least compared to yesterday’s where I was biffing left and right. Following on from my comment last week, I decided to compute the average Scrabble point … Read more “QC 2506 by Joker”
Month: October 2023
Times Cryptic 28736
An enjoyable solve with some nice touches of humour.
Times 28735 – Fearful symmetry?
Well, easy Monday is back, and I don’t have much to say. If you are an experienced solver, you won’t find much to delay you here, and even novices may do well.
Times Quick Cryptic 2505 by Trelawney
Hi everybody. No real hold-ups for me today. I hope you also fared well and enjoyed it as much as I did. Thanks Trelawney!
Mephisto 3293 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans. I’ve changed my Mephisto habits, usually I do it first thing on Sunday morning, but since I have been watching a late-night double feature horror classic thing on TV (last week was … Read more “Mephisto 3293 – Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 5080 by Robert Price
23:41. I found this very hard indeed, for reasons I can’t now remember.
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1637 – 30 September
This entertaining Jumbo was cracked in a slow-quick-slow manner finishing in the NW corner.
Times Cryptic 28728 – Sat, 7 Oct 2023. Eat, drink and BIFF many
It was possible for several answers to be biffed, only to find I raised a smile when I understood their wordplay.
Quick Cryptic 2504 by Teazel
Am I missing something?
Times Cryptic No 28733 — A father/son affair
38:00, with the last four or five clues taking 10–15 minutes! I worked on this one with my seven-year-old son, who had several good ideas, and was racing alongside me, trying to figure out how these things work.
The puzzle started easily enough with 1 Across, but I got bogged down on the right-hand side towards the end and had to grind it out a letter at a time. Still, I imagine others will find this on the easier side.