Hello again. This crossword I thought was about average difficulty, or in other words significantly easier than most of the recent ones
Month: November 2025
Times Quick Cryptic No 3156 by Teazel
I did like the construction of 19d which is one of only two English words still in use ending in these three letters.
QC 3155 by Pedro
Some very smooth surfaces from Pedro, and a rare sub-10 for me.
Times 29396 – above the waist
Time taken 6:29
Times Quick Cryptic 3154 by Oink – not a piglet
Hello all. This puzzle by Oink was not what I’d call swinish: I didn’t encounter any snags. Thanks Oink!
Times 29395 – “Woke up this morning with light in my eyes….”
This was pretty much an ordinary Monday puzzle, with a few clever constructions that are starting to creep in, along with one or two rather loose constructions.
Mephisto 3403 – Robert Teuton
Greetings, barred-grid fans
Sunday Times 5190 by Dean Mayer
11:08. A puzzle of two halves…
Quick Cryptic 3153 by Shay
Nice middling Quickie from Shay today, and a chance for me to bang on again about a familiar theme. I’m talking about the most obvious but overlooked tip in solving cryptic crosswords – “look for … Read more “Quick Cryptic 3153 by Shay”
Times Cryptic 29388 – Sat, 15 November 2025. Two easy!
I started this one over supper. The better half of the BRANCH household demonstrated an impressive talent for looking at the grid and saying, “that one looks like X”.