Times Quick Cryptic 1990 Solving time: 10 minutes. One answer turned out to have a meaning I wasn’t aware of but other than that this seemed mostly straightforward. How did you fare? As usual definitions … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1990 by Hurley”
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Times Cryptic 28112
I completed all but one answer within 30 minutes but after 36 minutes I gave up and used aids for the last one in. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions … Read more “Times Cryptic 28112”
Times Cryptic 28106
Solving time: 33 minutes. This puzzle has a number of very economical clues, some unusual wordplay and occasional flashes of humour. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly … Read more “Times Cryptic 28106”
Times Quick Cryptic 1980 by Teazel
Solving time: 9 minutes but with one error at 6ac which I count as an unfair clue for a Quickie. Other than that, it was a good puzzle. As usual definitions are underlined in bold … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1980 by Teazel”
Times Cryptic 28100
Solving time: 38 minutes but technically a DNF because I used aids for one unknown as my LOI. Other than that it all seems straightforward. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and … Read more “Times Cryptic 28100”
Times Cryptic 28094
Solving time: 46 minutes. I found this quite heavy going as it contained four answers I never heard of, all gettable from wordplay and checkers but nevertheless I took ages to work them out. Also … Read more “Times Cryptic 28094”
Times Quick Cryptic 1970 by Mara
Solving time: 7 minutes. I found this one easy. I hope you did too. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1970 by Mara”
Times Cryptic 28088
Solving time: 34 minutes with the last 10 of those spent on two clues, 5dn and 10ac. I had a wrong answer which we shall get to in due course. As usual definitions are underlined … Read more “Times Cryptic 28088”
Times Quick Cryptic 1962 by Oink
Emergency Blog. No time for full explanations but if anything needs more detail please ask. I found this one particularly hard for some reason. I actually stopped the clock twice and took breaks. Solving time: … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1962 by Oink”
Times Cryptic 28082
Solving time: 34 minutes. Quite easy to solve but some of the parsing took some decipehering e.g. 20dn and 24d. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} … Read more “Times Cryptic 28082”