Category: Daily Cryptic

This was another tricky Monday, I thought.

Another excellent Friday offering with plenty of starters, several to chew on, a few bits to learn/dredge up from the recesses, and no real duds.

  Something of a Quickie feel to this, and indeed about halfway through I checked to make sure I was doing the right crossword. Only the orchid stands out as an odd, esoteric word, though … Read more “29014 Nothing to get stuck on”

Another Wednesday puzzle where most of the answers flew in but a few took most of the time.

A very enjoyable puzzle that wasn’t too difficult

After finishing off this week’s Mephisto and Sunday puzzle, I was ready for a light dessert.   Unfortunately, this one proved a bit hard than usual, with some more advanced vocabulary.

24:35, a time which reflects more confusion rather than any real difficulty. Several answers I just shrugged and went with, after a minute or two of not being able to figure the clue out.

Time taken: 11:28.

We have some clever clues here, I think the clue for 16 Down should win an award.

I found this hard work but enjoyable.