Today’s Jumbo is a bit harder than usual, I think, with a number of quite chewy bits that got me grinding my teeth. Some devious definitions and tricky wordplay in places held me up at … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1387 – 15th June”
Author: Johninterred
Times Quick Cryptic No 1379 by Hurley
A well-constructed and entertaining end of the QC week today. I breezed through this finishing in a sub-average time of less than 6 minutes, but maybe I was just on our setter’s wavelength. A nice … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1379 by Hurley”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1369 by Pedro
I find Pedro has the knack of combining the straightfoward clues needed to get you going with some that need a bit more thought, and today’s crossword did just that for me. Nothing too obscure … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1369 by Pedro”
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1382 – 18th May
Today’s Jumbo continues the series of fairly easy puzzles, although there is the usual smattering of less familiar words. In all it took me about 32 1/2 minutes. Having finished describing the parsings, I can’t … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1382 – 18th May”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1359 by Mara
A gentle Friday offering from Mara today. Nothing too difficult, I think, as I was all done and dusted in 4:40. Lots of neat surfaces added a bit of extra fun to the solving and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1359 by Mara”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1349 by Izetti
It’s Friday and today we have a puzzle from Izetti. “Goody”, I thought when I saw the name at the top, anticipating we would get a nice end-of-the-week test, and I wasn’t disappointed. Unusually, I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1349 by Izetti”
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1377 – 22nd April
I was wondering if we might get a more testing puzzle for the Bank Holiday, but no. This was rather a middle-of-the-road Jumbo and I completed it in about 45 minutes. I don’t think there … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1377 – 22nd April”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1339 by Teazel
Our Friday entertainment today comes from Teazel. And a very neat puzzle it is too. Lots of very straightforward clues to give the less-experienced a good foothold, I think, and a good variety of clue … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1339 by Teazel”
Times Quick Cryptic No 1329 by Izetti
It’s Friday and we have our old friend Izetti to give us a proper Friday work-out. He has treated us to some great clues and entertaining and smooth surfaces today. Nearly all perfectly fair, although … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 1329 by Izetti”
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1372 – 23rd March
I enjoyed this Jumbo a lot. A good smattering of gentle, easily digestible, clues to provide some helpful checkers but with some tasty chewier morsels too. Thank you, setter, for 38 minutes of enjoyable solving. … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1372 – 23rd March”