These Monday puzzles with lots of long words and long clues look intimidating at first, but with a few crossing letters they can be easily tamed.
Month: January 2025
Sunday Times 5144 by Robert Price
22:47. Well this was an absolute delight.
Mephisto 3357 – Paul McKenna
Greetings, barred-grid fans. Hopefully last week’s challenge didn’t take away your will to live!
Quick Cryptic 2877 by Teazel
A teaser from Teazel…
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1707 – 21st December 2024
I found this Jumbo mostly quite straightforward but with one or two chewy bits.
Times Cryptic 29112 – Saturday, 28 December 2024. Turn the calendar.
After the toughie a week before, we ended 2024 with a “regular” Saturday.
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Quick Cryptic 2876 by Beck
A tad more difficult than usual judging by my time.
Times Cryptic No 29117 — Toughest Friday of the year so far
52:13. I’m writing from the beaches of Southern California. Perhaps the distance from the motherland has dulled my solving abilities, but I think this was actually a tough one.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2875 by Felix – well, I didn’t expect that!
A terrific RR puzzle, imbued with a theme.