I did not find this as easy as a typical Monday. I did start quickly, but I was left at the end with a series of interconnected missing answers across the middle of my printout.
Month: December 2025
Mephisto 3405 – Paul McKenna
Greetings barred-grid fans.
Sunday Times 5192 by Robert Price
7:25. Pretty gentle stuff from Robert this week, but the usual collection of concise and elegant clues with pristine surfaces. Lovely. As usual the top and bottom rows constitute a delightfully awful pun. Definitions are … Read more “Sunday Times 5192 by Robert Price”
Quick Cryptic 3165 by Joker
Well, well, well, well…
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1761 – Gentle on my mind
I found this very much towards the gentler end of the difficulty spectrum
Times Cryptic 29400 – Sat, 29 November 2025. TGI(not)F.
Another Saturday that contrasted nicely with the Fierce Friday on the day before.
Quick Cryptic 3164 by Izetti
Top &lit action
Times Cryptic No 29405 — Unsticking the landing
66:52. At 41 minutes I texted vinyl, “Three left.” At 64 minutes I texted him, “Two left.” I’m good at getting stuck at the end of puzzles.
Times 29404 – Tricky Thursday rides again
Time taken: 14:53. I struggled with this one!
Times Quick Cryptic No 3163 by Dangle
In keeping with Dangle’s position as the second most solver-friendly setter (led only by Trelawney) [On edit – I must have been looking at an old version of the setter difficulty league table because in the latest … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 3163 by Dangle”