Author: Mike Harper

Fairly gentle midweek fare from Mara containing a balanced mix of clues. Expecting the SCC to be somewhat emptier today…

Painstaking wordbuilding and momentary bafflement aside, an enjoyable offering from Hurley’s brow…

Solving time: 9:51 I find Pedro the trickiest of all of the regular QC setters, averaging more than ten minutes before this grid. I tried not to put any time pressure on myself and I … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 2517 by Pedro”

It’s a double definition-fest in this romp through the mind of Mara…

Definitely not helped by the unknown 9a which our American solvers may fare better with…

Around the medium-pace level? Even though none of the vocabulary is unusual, apart from…

Some interesting clueing topped in my view by my LOI 15d which combined with 24a provided a lengthy coda of brow-furrowing brainache.

Five question marks and two clues where the answer is defined by the whole thing…

Medium-level QC challenge, but hopefully nothing too ungettable…

Thinking cap wedged on a little more firmly this time around.