Greetings barred-grid fans, and apologies for the late post.
Month: August 2025
Sunday Times 5178 by Dean Mayer – sauce for the goose
21:00. Tricky one from Dean this week, although I don’t remember now (I’m writing this blog on Saturday evening) what held me up. Some lovely stuff here as usual. How did you get on? Definitions … Read more “Sunday Times 5178 by Dean Mayer – sauce for the goose”
Quick Cryptic 3081 by Joker
I suspect there’ll be complaints…
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1746 – what about the third place playoff?
Another gentle Jumbo on my watch, done and dusted in about 30 minutes, so probably a good puzzle for less experienced solvers to have a bash at.
Times Cryptic 29316 – Sat, 23 August 2025. Turning heads (and tails)
This puzzle asked us to reverse letters many times.
Times 29321 – a horse of that colour
A rollercoaster of crossword-solving emotions today.
Quick Cryptic 3080 by Cheeko
New tricks?
Times Quick Cryptic No 3079 by Juji
Juji’s bogus journey
Times 29320 – Tricky Thursday, American edition
Time taken: 10:00 on the dot! Although there are a few Americanisms in the grid, I was not on the wavelength of my adopted country.
Times 29319 – a fair effort.
Very pleasant puzzle today, nothing contentious or too tricky, and some nice anagrams.