Reasonably straightforward this, with some clever clues but also some rather poor surfaces. What did you think?
Month: February 2024
QC 2607 by Pedro
One of Pedro’s more gentler challenges opens our weekend in style.
Times Cryptic 28842 – Sat, 17 Feb 2024. Time and again.
This week I used a timer again: 33′ 04″. Slower than last week. My last few in were 6ac, 22ac, and 13dn. None of them impossible, so it was probably just me!
Times 28847
I was almost beaten by this puzzle, which proved to be the hardest on my blogging watch for a while.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2606 by Joker
There are one or two tricky bits in this Quick Cryptic from Joker that took a bit of working out. Thank-you Joker for the workout. How did you all get on?
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword, entitled “Down In The Woods Today”, here.
Times 28846 The chief of the Ways of God
My 23 minutes is in retrospect a disappointing time for what looked suspiciously like a big Quickie until I got into the nether regions and just blanked on clues which were still, with one … Read more “Times 28846 The chief of the Ways of God”
Times Quick Cryptic No 2605 by Wurm
A very imaginative puzzle of similar difficulty to yesterday – until I hit a dead end with my last clue.
Times 28845 – a goddess pour moi.
A perfectly reasonable puzzle, I thought, but not as much fun as some of recent Wednesdays.
Times Quick Cryptic 2604 by Izetti
Nothing too tricky in this possibly-themed latest offering from Izetti
Times Cryptic 28844
Another fairly easy one on my watch.