Category: Daily Cryptic

Very enjoyable with no unknown words.

A gentle one to start the week.

Looking back, I think I made a meal of it; most of the clues are pretty straightforward.

Time: 22:10. A relatively gentle Thursday puzzle in which my main delays were created by the two long across clues, both of which I read badly and fluffed the definitions. Secondary holdups came from the … Read more “29530 A spelling test”

Hello again. This crossword I thought was about average difficulty, not too hard but not a gimme either…

A good mix of clues relying perhaps a little too much on insertions.

Due to a busy weekend, I haven’t solved a puzzle since Thursday, but this one is a moderate Monday, easy without being too easy.   The early solvers did well, but there are a few tricks and obscurities that may catch the less able.

With 9a, not crosswords! My time was 41:52, with 11 minutes spent on the aforementioned clue. I am pleased to report I put the answer together entirely from wordplay, which was true for most of this puzzle. It’s the kind of puzzle I prefer!

Time taken: 10:39. Weird experience, the whole bottom of the grid was full before I had about a quarter of the top finished.

Hello again. This crossword I thought was harder than average, with a strong American flavour and couple of clues I have had trouble parsing