I was slow off the mark with this one.
Month: May 2025
Mephisto 3374 – A versatile marsupial!
I thought this was rather mild for John Grimshaw, as there were a number of answers I actually knew.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5161 by Robert Price — this, that and… the other
A couple “naughty” clues make this a typical Sunday, and the wit and elegance of the setting a typical Price outing.
Quick Cryptic no 2979 by Dangle
Our third puzzle from Dangle, and a chewy enough challenge.
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1727 – 21st April
A slightly trickier than usual Jumbo for the Easter Monday holiday with some great clues.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1726 – Lynn, these are sex people!
This moderately challenging puzzle detained me for around 50 minutes, but some of the parsings needed a bit more work to figure out.
Times Cryptic 29214 – Sat, 26 April 2025. Wot dat u say?
There were some improbable answers here (… is that really a word?)
Times 29219 – well, not a stinker
46:29 with quite few guesses, one of which I’m still to parse…
Times Quick Cryptic No 2978 by Hurley
Some nice Friday QC fun from Hurley today with a couple of clever clues to test us. Were the horses frightened? Not in my stable, but others may have had more neighing.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Phil’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword here.
29218 M’aidez!
A leisurely 28.07, with quite a lot of it spent fruitlessly looking at one clue which ended up being thrown in regardless. There’s a rare example of a definition in the middle of its … Read more “29218 M’aidez!”