Well, this certainly wasn’t difficult, but it had its moments, I think.
Category: Daily Cryptic
Times 29003
Recent trends in the SNITCH filled with me fear that this would be the big beast we’ve all been waiting for, but it turned out to be more of a teddy bear. I enjoyed unravelling it at the seams.
29002 Well, I felt lucky…
A rather cheerful and friendly number which occupied me for 17.44, with no real hold-ups along the way. Perhaps a feature of this setter’s quirkiness is the rather high number of instances where capitals … Read more “29002 Well, I felt lucky…”
Times 29001 – shooting fish
I had fun with this one, I’m sure the setter did, too.
Times Cryptic 29000
This was a technical DNF as I was unable to solve one clue without resorting to aids..
Times 28999 – Foodfest!
Well, I raced through 90% of this puzzle in about 12 minutes, and then became thoroughly stuck. It can happen.
Times 28997 – scotch’d the snake, not kill’d it
A bit of a mixed bag, in my opinion.
Times 28996 – in which I stink
Time taken: 10:11 but with a very silly typo in 14 down!
Times 28995 – stretching the eyebrows?
A pleasant enough puzzle with nothing to cause undue delay, but…
Times Cryptic 28994
An interesting puzzle with a few tricky answers but all of them deducible from wordplay.