Summer on this side of the world, and nothing here to stress anyone watching the Sydney New Year’s cricket test!
Month: January 2025
Times Cryptic No 29123 — Yankees prevail
39:50, though the time is irrelevant as the puzzle was solved by myself and three other (in?)famous NYC solvers, who will make themselves known if they wish. (Perhaps even photograph evidence will be supplied.)
Times Quick Cryptic No 2882 by Izetti
Today’s Quick Cryptic from Izetti was an enjoyable tussle.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Sawbill’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword here.
29122 Roll out the 1/4 barrel.
I’m not quite sure what to say about this. Early indications, and my careful, blog aware, time of 13.46 suggests that it’s not in the Tricky Thursday category. A large number of the clues … Read more “29122 Roll out the 1/4 barrel.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 2881 by Breadman
Around average difficulty, with a couple of trickier bits thrown in.
Times 29121 – lots of dead people.
A pleasant if undemanding puzzle today, featuring several famous people from history.
Times Quick Crossword No 2880 by Joker
Leave your lethargy and idleness behind!
QC 2879 by Jimmy
Was rolling through this at PB speed until I hit the bottom right which knocked me into the late teens.
Times Cryptic 29120
My solving time of 36 minutes belies the problems I had completing this one. It certainly seemed longer than that. Many of the definitions might be described as ‘oblique’ but nevertheless I enjoyed myself … Read more “Times Cryptic 29120”
Times Quick Cryptic 2878 by Bjorn – not for one Bjorn yesterday
Hello all. I hope the new year is treating you well. With some clever misdirection in wordplay and definitions, this felt like the kind of puzzle which might sit better with experienced solvers used to more advanced puzzles. Because I’m one of those (just realised I started blogging nearly ten years ago – eek!) I did ok timewise (about average) and enjoyed it immensely, but it kept me thinking a couple of minutes longer than did the previous Bjorn puzzle. Thanks to Bjorn for the entertainment.