I did this in bits and pieces, during a disjointed day, so I don’t have a feel for how hard it was.
Author: branch
Times Cryptic 28902 – Saturday, 27 April 2024. Cook’s tour?
We seemed to go around the world a bit in this puzzle.
Times Cryptic 28896 – Saturday, 20 April 2024. Pharmaceutical failure.
Once again the drug reference was a mystery.
Times Cryptic 28890 – Saturday, 13 April 2024. L’Arc ne triomphe pas.
I did myself no favours by essaying ARC at 14 ac as my opening shot.
Times Cryptic 28884 – Saturday, 6 April 2024. A fine afternoon’s diversion.
I actually don’t remember much about this one, but I think it was mostly straightforward. The exception as always was the obscure foreign word clued as an anagram.
Times Cryptic 28878 – Sat, 30 March 2024. Slow, slow, …
I definitely wasn’t on my game with this one. I think it was me, not the puzzle.
Times Cryptic 28872 – Sat, 23 March 2024. Grammar-man vibrations
It was amusing to see an obscure grammar concept appear for the second day in a row. Nice synchronicity, setters!
Times Cryptic 28866 – Sat, 16 March 2024. Haardvark.
Many clues needed graft, and even those where the answer seemed clear needed careful reading and untangling.
Times Cryptic 28860 – Sat, 9 March 2024. More things in heaven and earth …
More things than I’ve ever heard of.
Times Cryptic 28854 – Sat, 2 March 2024. No googlies.
My COD was 15dn. Best clue of its type in a long time!