Category: Daily Cryptic

I felt this was a little tougher than your average Monday.

Off to a flying start but slowed on the right hand side. Still, easier than others we’ve had this week, and very gentle for Friday.

Time: 25:52, which seems like a long time , but I think, for me at least, the complexities of this one demanded much head scratching and careful pondering. One curiosity, which you’ll see often enough … Read more “29386 Your train (of thought) may be delayed”

This crossword I thought was a little harder than average, with some excellent clues, and a couple I have had significant trouble parsing…

This puzzle was an odd mixture of very easy clues, and a few that leave the solver scratching his head – did he really mean that?

Some solvers have said that the difficulty of these puzzles has increased of late, and I have found that true even of the Monday offerings.   As you can see from my time, it was not really hard, but there are some tricks here that require a little thought, particularly some of the literals.  

53:32. The first word of 1 across was, perhaps, a portent of things to come.

Time taken: 12:45

Our first puzzle from the Semi Finals of the Championship.

I made very heavy weather of this puzzle