In which I pay the price for not being more well-read.
Month: March 2025
Times 29176 – The Magic Faraway puzzle
Time taken 7:07, but I’m not sure I would file this immediately under not-so-tricky Thursday just yet.
Time Quick Cryptic No 2935 by Mara
In which double definitions abound
Times 29175 – more Americana
A pleasant test which took me fifteen minutes.
Quick Cryptic No 2934 by Joker
A fine puzzle from Joker.
Quick Cryptic 2933 by Izetti
Izetti in a fairly gentle mood today.
Times Cryptic 29174
The answers went in easily enough but some wordplay was missing until I came to write the blog.
Times 29173 – Coin toss territory?
I seem to say it every week, but events usually prove me right: there will be one or two PBs today.
Times Quick Cryptic 2932 by Pipsqueak
Not the easiest of QC puzzles…
Mephisto 3366 – Eccentric? Not at all!
This was a relatively easy from Paul; both the cryptics and answers involved very few obscure words or meanings. The main problem for many solvers will be to start thinking in terms of ordinary words and well-know expressions.