An interesting and quite demanding puzzle from Shay
Month: March 2026
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1778
Oscar season and we are off to the pictures!
Times Cryptic 29490 – Sat, 14 Mar 2026.
This was harder than most Saturdays. Thankfully, not to compare with the Thursday before!
Times Cryptic 29495
Plenty to chew over after the fact, since a few (especially downs) went in on checkers and without fully understanding the wordplay. By no means an all-weekender, nevertheless.
Times Quick Cryptic No 3254 by Cheeko
Following on from a tricky one from Bjorn yesterday, today we have another tricky Quick Cryptic, this time from Cheeko. A good workout with lots of fine clues.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword entitled “A Musical Game” here.
29494 Bottles on the doorstep.
Time: 23:56 Not especially difficult, though younger viewers might be challenged by the featured entertainers and some rather odd vocabulary. Our setter seems to be particularly fond of things going backwards – I’ve counted 8 … Read more “29494 Bottles on the doorstep.”
Quick Cryptic 3253 by Bjorn
A nice old chewy one from one of our tougher setters.
Times Cryptic 29493 – Still Functioning.
Hello again. This crossword I found quite hard, although now I come to do the blog I’m not absolutely sure why…
Times Quick Cryptic No 3252 by Pedro
An enjoyably gentle-to-medium-paced Pedro puzzle
Times Cryptic 29492
I lost a lot of time here over two answers entered incorrectly.