This one was certainly not that difficult, and I started fairly quickly, and then got to biffing answers, hoping for a good time. Unfortunately, my biffing skills suddenly failed me, and I had a hard time getting back into cryptic mode to clean up the extended SE.
Month: May 2024
Sunday Times 5112 by Dean Mayer
21:13. A tricky one from Dean this week, of the usual high quality.
Mephisto 3325 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1673 – 11 May 2024
Hello again. I fairly riffled through most of this one, but I was brought up short by two small areas of the crossword at top left, and bottom middle, that took longer to sort out. … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1673 – 11 May 2024”
Quick Cryptic 2685 by Joker
Is Joker a 10CC fan?
Times Cryptic 28920 – Saturday, 18 May 2024. Parse me the source, please.
There was a lot of tricky wordplay in this one. And lots of smiles, when things became clear.
Quick Cryptic 2684 by Wurm
Biff-tastic
Times Cryptic No 28925 — I do love chives
32:09. Well it is a British puzzle, after all! Needed to take my time with several particularly UK-centric answers, which led to a slower solve. But a great puzzle overall, I thought, for a Friday. Some of these clues are among the finest I’ve seen.
Quick Cryptic No 2683 by Hurley – setter wars
Anagram hats on, everybody.
Times 28924 – in which we scramble for an excuse
Time taken: 19:43, and once I limped to the finish there was one horrible typo.