Typical Monday offering, which may produce a crop of personal bests.
Month: April 2024
Times Quick Cryptic 2644 by Hurley
A rare sub-10 minute solve for me these days…
Mephisto 3318 – As a matter of fact, I can!
I don’t usually find the Paul McKenna puzzles too difficult, and I got through this one in about 90 minutes.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5105 by David McLean — slow Sunday
Hmm. There’s nothing complicated about these clues, which I am looking back on nearly a week after my… leisurely solving experience, as I ask myself, What took so long?
Quick Cryptic no 2643 by Felix
A very enjoyable puzzle from Felix today – I expect there will be some quite fast times recorded.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1664 23/3/2024
I completed this in two sessions. It wasn’t the easiest of Jumbos an da few of the clues were very hard indeed.
Times Cryptic 28878 – Sat, 30 March 2024. Slow, slow, …
I definitely wasn’t on my game with this one. I think it was me, not the puzzle.
Times 28883 – are you ruminating in the cool shade?
Thinking cap firmly on for this tester, but all straightforward enough to explain after the fact.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2642 by Mara
A crossword for anagram fans from Mara today, with 7 full anagrams and one part-anagram clue. It seems like too many to me, but they are all good clues. Thank-you Mara. 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 “X squared”, here. Can you spot the Nina?
SAVE THE DATE – Saturday 15th June at The George, Borough High St from 12 noon. After we had such fun with a summer get-together last year, attended by some TimesforTheTimes old hands, bloggers and commenters, we thought we would have another one.
28882 A (very) late message?
11.26, so I kept counting the squares to make sure I wasn’t doing the Quickie by mistake because for me (always make the remark with caution ’cause it may be just me) this was … Read more “28882 A (very) late message?”