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Times Cryptic No 28481 — Bottom heavy

plusjeremy23rd December 2022 at 12:35 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Of this puzzle’s 30 clues, the top 15 took me about three minutes. The bottom half was another story.

Times Cryptic No 28469 — Call it hell, call it heaven

plusjeremy9th December 2022 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

DNF, but about 20 minutes to get to my sticking points: 13 and 23 across. Not a difficult puzzle but nevertheless one I labored over. I am still waiting for and expecting a truly beastly Friday to reckon with!

Times Cryptic No 28457 — Pass the pie

plusjeremy25th November 2022 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

28:29, which suggests I found this difficult, though I imagine most of you will have found this gentle for a Friday. I think I was off the wavelength: most of the answers were easier than I was trying to get them to be.

Around here we are all enjoying Thanksgiving festivities. I’m trying to eat human-sized portions, and generally succeeding.

Times Cryptic No 28445 — C’est la fête!

plusjeremy11th November 2022 at 1:44 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Hello! I am honored to be one-half of the new Friday blogging crew. As some of you know, I am currently finishing my Master’s in mathematics here in New York, so it’s been weeks since I’ve attempted a puzzle. Thankfully, this was a gentler affair, as Fridays go.

Times Quick Cryptic No 2252 by Izetti

plusjeremy26th October 2022 at 12:45 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

Not my finest effort. Most of this puzzle was quite easy, but there were a few clues in the upper-left which completely stymied me!

Times Quick Cryptic No 2242 by Teazel — Did you hear about the fire at the circus?

plusjeremy12th October 2022 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

I was well and truly Teazed! But at least I finished, albeit in 11:19. This was very tricky but very satisfying.

Times Quick Cryptic No 2232 by Teazel

plusjeremy28th September 2022 at 2:06 AM10 September 2025Quick Cryptic

A decent time for a tough puzzle, with the last several seconds dithering over whether I might have 21 across wrong. In any case, it’s a great word I hadn’t heard of and I intend to use it more often in everyday speech.