Author: mohn2

I took a bit longer than usual for this, which I’d like to say was due to savouring one of the more geography-heavy puzzles we’ve had in recent times but was probably more just due … Read more “Quick Cryptic 895 by Mara”

I found this one a little on the easier side, though it probably helped that I’ve been recently catching up on a backlog of FT and Guardian cryptics and hence my short-term memory has been … Read more “Quick Cryptic 885 by Orpheus”

The last puzzle I blogged was notable for having a grid with a dozen of the answers sporting unchecked initial letters – this time around, there are only four answers with that property, in theory … Read more “Quick Cryptic 875 by Mara”

An enjoyable offering from Izetti today, with a raft of good surfaces and no words dredged up from the lesser visited reaches of the dictionary (though I’m not entirely sure what’s going on in 4D). … Read more “Quick Cryptic 865 by Izetti”

After a disastrous weekend during which some decidedly abnormal temperatures on Teesside gave my Dairy Milk cache a molten consistency that did not enjoy my favour, Teazel has served up a puzzle that has kept … Read more “Quick Cryptic 855 by Teazel”

A crossword of average difficulty from Mara today, with perhaps more double definitions than we’re used to seeing. Double definitions can either fill you with delight at the prospect of getting two bites at the … Read more “Quick Cryptic 845 by Mara”

An interesting offering from Hurley today, with half-a-dozen proper nouns spicing up the grid. No words likely to be beyond most solvers’ ken, though the fame of 3A might not have carried beyond the Channel … Read more “Quick Cryptic 835 by Hurley”