This felt hard with a couple of NHOs, but after a fast start I got all green in 13:08.
Month: March 2025
Times Cryptic 29180
There were enough quite easy clues to get me started but I found myself bogged down on a number of others.
Times Quick Cryptic 2938 by Trelawney – Happy Monday
Hi all. I liked this – there are some creative touches which I really enjoyed. Thanks Trelawney!
Times 29179 – OK, but how about the parsing?
I have to admit, I really stepped on it for this one, coming close to my time for the Quickie. The only problem is that I didn’t bother to parse most of the clues, which I will now do.
Attention Quick Cryptic solvers – this is a 15 x 15 that you might want to try.
Sunday Times 5154 by Dean Mayer – very nearly an armful
9:15. Not a difficult puzzle by Dean’s standards this week, but the usual high quality. Nothing unknown for me, although almost any other word for a plant would have been equally helpful to me at … Read more “Sunday Times 5154 by Dean Mayer – very nearly an armful”
Mephisto 3367 – Robert Teuton
Greetings barred-grid fans
Quick Cryptic 2937 by Teazel
Not a walk in the park…
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1719 (1 March 2025)
Much of this was easy but I had problem finishing off some stragglers.
Times Cryptic 29172 – Sat, 8 March 2025. Camel strain
Nothing major here, bar some relatively obscure trivia that needn’t stop you getting the answers.
Quick Cryptic 2936 by Breadman
Ouch