Category: Daily Cryptic

I struggled with this more than I oughta!

Thankfully, and for a change, I understand all of the elements of this relatively easy Friday offering.

Time: 25:21, so a challenging piece as far as I’m concerned, though full of delights and flashes of sudden realisation. I’d like to say, as a proper blogger, that I worked everything out as I … Read more “Times Cryptic 29374 A chorus of approval.”

This crossword I think is the third of the preliminary qualifiers at the Championships earlier this month. I found it harder than the second one, but easier than the first.

Half-way through I checked that I was not solving a QC by mistake.

Essentially, an easy puzzle, but with a few bits that might throw you

1:15:23, a gargantuan time for a very difficult puzzle, which was nevertheless very enjoyable to solve. Really the time was just about one hour, but the last 15 minutes were spent on a single clue.

Probably this puzzle hails from you-know-who. I’m getting used to his style. I was able to spot his wordplay immediately, nearly every time, but I wasn’t able to find the right synonyms.

Time taken: 6:36. I found this one on the easy side, but a look at the early times shows that I compare pretty favorably to two solvers that are usually faster than me, so maybe … Read more “Times 29368 – Torah Thursday”

An excellent puzzle with some fine, smooth surfaces, a healthy sprinkling of wit and the usual menagerie of animals and fish to entertain us.

The top half seemed easy even when some answers were unknown to me…