30:32, a time which includes a short nap. Let me make clear that the nap in no way reflects the quality of the puzzle: I found this to be a nice challenge, a tasteful mix of easier and more difficult clues.
Category: Daily Cryptic
Times 28900 – real and unreal geography
Time taken: 11:58. I don’t think this is as difficult as I made it out to be, I had two early typos in answers that kept me from completing some pretty obvious cryptics. There’s a … Read more “Times 28900 – real and unreal geography”
Times 28899 – gardener’s world.
Some inspired work here from our setter, misdirecting me several times.
Times Cryptic 28898
Most of this went in quite easily but some of the parsing was a bit tricky
Times 28897 – Lib Lab
I was going along quite nicely until I got to 19 down. Thereafter, I got no further. An early look at the leaderboard shows the expected fast times. I wonder how many others were nonplussed. … Read more “Times 28897 – Lib Lab”
Times 28895
I am very tired and threw the towel in with 13dn outstanding and a couple unparsed.
28894 Cum On Feel the Noize
I managed this in exactly 18 minutes, on a par with the rest of the week so far, but I suspect some of the esoterica within will slow some solvers down. I was thrown, … Read more “28894 Cum On Feel the Noize”
Times 28893 – cracking the egg
A mixed bag, I thought, a bit of a curate’s egg perhaps, this one.
Times Cryptic 28892
I made quite heavy weather of this but it was enjoyable and inventive.
Times 28891 – οἶνοψ πόντος? Nope.
Not your average Monday puzzle, I would have to say. Lots of novel constructions, and answers, made this a bit of a challenge. I had a hard time getting started, but once I had a few checking letters I was able to finish in a decent time, a bit below my average according to the SNITCH. I did find the puzzle very enjoyable.