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.
Author: branch
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!
Times Cryptic 28848 – Sat, 24 Feb 2024. Flying, while flying.
Not many GK challenges in this, apart from the clown.
Times Cryptic 28842 – Sat, 17 Feb 2024. Time and again.
This week I used a timer again: 33′ 04″. Slower than last week. My last few in were 6ac, 22ac, and 13dn. None of them impossible, so it was probably just me!
Times Cryptic 28836 – Sat, 10 Feb 2024. Take your time.
I prefer to solve on paper rather than on screen, and I normally can’t give you a time. This week, though, I can report 22′ 05″. I suspect that makes this a gentle Saturday
Times Cryptic 28830 – Sat, 3 Feb 2024. True art!
I solved this on paper. As I typed it in, I was struck by the clever definitions.