A new setter, welcome Dangle.
Month: March 2025
Times Cryptic 29168
Mostly straightforward although I have a query at 1ac.
Times Quick Cryptic 2926 by Oink
Hi everyone. It feels like some time since we’ve seen Oink, and certainly since I’ve had the pleasure of blogging a piggy puzzle. It seemed not so easy when solving but I actually came in comfortably under my inner target time, about a minute slower than my record. My favourite clues are 1d and 4d.
Times 29167 – In which we travel a a long way from Charing Cross
Was this tough? Well there were some tricky definitions and some unusual words, so it depends on how good you are.
Mephisto 3365 – John Grimshaw
Greetings, barred-grid fans
Sunday Times 5152 by Robert Price – by the book
14:06. Another lovely puzzle from Robert with a decidedly literary flavour.
Quick Cryptic 2925 by Rongo
Quickie from Rongo…
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1717 – 15th February
Mostly very straightforward. That’s no bad thing, though, and the surfaces are generally pretty good and amusing too.
Monthly Club Special No 283 – Feb 2025
Our first monthly gourmet treat of a crossword for 2025 with the usual smorgasbord of entertaining wacky vocabulary from the dusty corners of the dictionary and witty wordplay.
Times Cryptic 29160 – Sat, 22 Feb 2025. If you can get past 1 across …
… the rest should be easy.