DNF, because I needed to look up one clue to finish things off. I found this challenging, and was stuck about halfway through, when thankfully Mr Biff came to my rescue. I’ll need to parse some of these as I write the blog.
Month: May 2025
Times Quick Cryptic No 2995 by Izetti
Not a German, then.
Times 29236 – Tricky Thursday comes roaring back!
Time taken: 10:54. I was held up thinking that this might be a pangram and was hunting for a Q in the last few answers, but it was not to be.
Times 29235 – not one for Joe Bloggs, more GI Joe.
This seemed to be a puzzle with a kind of mid-Atlantic flavour.
Quick Cryptic # 2994 by Joker
A mixed bag from Joker today.
QC 2993 by Teazel
15:43, took me a long time to get going. Needed checkers to make progress.
Times Cryptic 29234
I thought at first this was going to be a lot harder than it turned out.
Times 29233 – “…and the Spiders from Mars!”
I found the puzzle a bit strange, as it is an admixture of clues suitable for the Quickie with a few that are very convoluted. If you just put in the obvious answers, you’ll finish, but you may want to know why the answers are the answers.
Times Quick Cryptic 2992 by Pipsqueak
Mostly straightforward for me, but how did you do?
Mephisto 3376 – “To ourselves…..new paganism…..”
I found this surprisingly easy for a Robert Teuton, but I was still left with a few to finish up the next day. For one, there were a surprising number of answers that I had heard of, which is always helpful.