Category: Daily Cryptic

Try as I might, I couldn’t tame this puzzle, even though it was certainly no beast. By the end, I felt like a Californian firefighter trying to quench the flames with the non-existent water of … Read more “Times 29125 – Hoosier thunked it?”

39:50, though the time is irrelevant as the puzzle was solved by myself and three other (in?)famous NYC solvers, who will make themselves known if they wish. (Perhaps even photograph evidence will be supplied.)

  I’m not quite sure what to say about this. Early indications, and my careful, blog aware, time of 13.46 suggests that it’s not in the Tricky Thursday category. A large number of the clues … Read more “29122 Roll out the 1/4 barrel.”

A pleasant if undemanding puzzle today, featuring several famous people from history.

  My solving time of 36 minutes belies the problems I had completing this one. It certainly seemed longer than that. Many of the definitions might be described as ‘oblique’ but nevertheless I enjoyed myself … Read more “Times Cryptic 29120”

These Monday puzzles with lots of long words and long clues look intimidating at first, but with a few crossing letters they can be easily tamed.   

52:13. I’m writing from the beaches of Southern California. Perhaps the distance from the motherland has dulled my solving abilities, but I think this was actually a tough one.

Time taken: 12:47. It is still New Year’s Day here, so Happy New Year from the Eastern part of the USA.

This puzzle has us off to a good start, for 2025, although I did find a few of the definitions a stretch.

The NW was a write-in but I really struggled elsewhere.