A lively and very timely mid-March offering.
Month: March 2025
Quick Cryptic no 2943 by Jalna
I found this a stiff test, and following my solve I would like to coin a new acronym: BTP, or “Biff Then Parse”.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1720 – 8 March 2025. She’ll be coming round the mountain
Hello everyone. I started slowly with this one, then moved up to a steady medium pace before grinding to a halt on my last couple … if you’re not a plant person you may well have felt the presence of something nasty in the woodshed!
Times Cryptic 29178 – Sat, 15 March 2025. Hoorah Henri.
Some wry humour.
Times 29183 – in which I give over and drown
This might be the hardest crossword I have ever attempted to blog.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2942 by Juji
Today I have the privilege of blogging the first Quick Cryptic by a new setter. Welcome Juji!
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Phil’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword here.
29182 Smile, troubles duly packed up.
With blogger’s caution, I took a leisurely 16.41 for this, though early results suggest it might be another quick solve for many regulars. There’s some discrete advertising across the upper middle which Nestlé presumably … Read more “29182 Smile, troubles duly packed up.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 2941 by Shay
A proper toughie today with new setter Shay’s second outing.
Times 29181 – all you need is persistence
Once again an enjoyable Wednesday puzzle, with some intricate wordplay.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2940 by Hurley
A pleasant mix of anagrams, hiddens, double definitions floating on a vast lake of build-it-yourself answers.