Gentle Jimmy serves up a puzzle that should be within everybody’s definition of a QC
Month: January 2025
Times Cryptic 29132
I found this very tricky.
QC 2891 by Izetti: Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war
A tough one from Izetti, I had to press reveal on a couple.
Times Quick Cryptic 2890 by Alex
Hi everyone. Thanks to Alex for a typically enjoyable puzzle in which my picks are 17a, 2d and 4d. For me it was a medium on the QC difficulty scale, but it’s your collective experience which will tell.
Times 29131 – The Pardoner’s Tale? No!
Another easy Monday; I went quite fast for a while, and then got just a little stuck at the end. I got the two long ones quickly, but the bottom row gave trouble, and I biffed a wrong answer for the final across clue before seeing what the answer must be.
A Literature and Puzzles Conference
An all-day conference about literature and word puzzles in the Auditorium at Magdalen College, Oxford on 21st March
Mephisto 3359 – John Grimshaw
Greetings, barred-grid fans.
Sunday Times 5146 by Robert Price
20:56. A tricky one from Robert this week.
Quick Cryptic 2889 by Myles
Best Cryptic of the year by Myles…
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1711 – put wood i’ thole.
I can safely say that this was one of the best Jumbos I’ve had the pleasure to blog.