The recent sad news about Richard Rogan gave this typically lovely puzzle from Felix – one of his many pseudonyms – a degree of poignancy while solving.
Month: June 2024
Times Cryptic 28941
Lots of inventive and well disguised definitions in today’s offering.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2700 by Pedro
I often find Pedro a tougher cookie than the other setters, and this was no exception.
QC 2699 by Oink
My Solving time (12:46) was much faster than the post-solve unpacking for this blog.
Times Cryptic 28940
This was one of the easiest 15×15 puzzles to solve and blog that I can remember.
Times Quick Cryptic 2698 by Mara. Heigh-Ho
Hello all. Was this doubly difficult or was I doubly dense? For whatever reason, I took over double my usual time on this. Perhaps it was the hedgehog / portcullis grid. Or maybe it was something else. Thanks to Mara. How did you get on?
Times 28939 – Out of the box, and into No. 10!
I was going great guns, and I had three-quarters of this one finished in 15 minutes, when a mini-Mephisto broke out in the SE quadrant.
Mephisto 3327 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans.
Sunday Times 5114 by David McLean – Jiminy Cricket!
13:42. A bit of a tricky one from Harry this week.
Quick Cryptic 2697 by Myles
Five kilometres and one Myles…