I didn’t find this hard but there were some devious definitions
Month: February 2024
Times Quick Cryptic 2590 by Izetti – fancy that!
Hi everyone. How did you find this on the Izetti Scoville scale? For me it was mild, but then I’ve been doing these a while and may be held up by different things to you. My COD is 4d, with a mention too for 7d. Those are also the two clues featuring exclamation marks. Fancy that! Thanks Izetti!
Times 28831 – What’s it all about…..
I found this puzzle…..interesting. I had a hard time getting started, and I ended up biffing most of the answers. I suspect inexperienced solvers would find it very difficult, lacking both the general knowledge and the tricks of the veterans.
Sunday Times 5096 by David McLean
Nothing too tricky this week from Harry, but lots of fun.
Mephisto 3309 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans! I remember having a lot of fun solving this one over a few shots of rum while waiting for the Saturday night classic horror movie to start – The Evil Of Frankenstein … Read more “Mephisto 3309 – Tim Moorey”
Quick Cryptic 2589 by Alex
I’ll be sharing the Saturday Quickie duties with Cedric for the foreseeable future….
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1655 – 20 January 2024
Hello everyone. I did this on a train journey which always makes it harder to think. After an encouraging start I ran into problems at the end. Thanks setter!
Times Cryptic 28824 – Sat, 27 Jan 2024. Shapes half seen.
There were lots of things here that I at best vaguely remembered.
Quick Cryptic 2588 by Teazel
This one should be popular
Times Cryptic No 28829 — Glutton for punishment
16:44. This was a solid puzzle which gave me several smiles but no problems. Why should I be disappointed with that? I’m not, and it’s not the setter’s fault, but I realized that I tend to brace myself for a gut punch on Fridays, and this certainly wasn’t that! So, as much as we all like to be made to suffer now and again, I hope you could look past that and enjoy this lovely puzzle on its own merits.