Time: 20:02, taking a while to make sure I had my last in at 7a right. A real mix of slang from various places and ages and one answer (at the bottom) that floored a … Read more “29566 We’re gonna score one more than you.”
Month: June 2026
Quick Cryptic 3325 by Tango
Another quality puzzle from Tango, of middling difficulty.
Summer Social Saturday 13th June
A reminder that we are having another informal summer gathering this Saturday 13th June from 1200 at The George, Southwark. Space has been reserved in The Coach House.
Times Cryptic 29565 – Another Goodie
Hello again. I liked this one, not too hard but a bit more chewy than the last couple of days. It has some very neat clues and the unknowns were gettable ones. What did you … Read more “Times Cryptic 29565 – Another Goodie”
Times Quick Cryptic No 3324 by Teazel
They’re all in your head somewhere, I hope.
Times QC No 3323 by Bjorn
Good Quick Cryptic, I was a bit slow to get going, and finished in 14:35.
Times Cryptic 29564
A good mix of complex clues and easy ones.
Times Quick Cryptic 3322 by Wurm – no drama
Hi everyone. This was a pleasant, trouble free solve for me, helped by the fact that with a few checkers the long ones came to mind readily. My favourite today is 1d. Thanks Wurm!
Times 29563 – The Conquest of, er, The Puzzle
Here we have a real Monday puzzle, featuring a number of clues that would not be out of place in the easier Quick Cryptics. I biffed my way through most of it, but upon writing the blog I discovered most of the parsing were fairly straightforward.
Mephisto 3431 – John Grimshaw
Greetings, barred-grid fans