Category: Daily Cryptic

Hello again. This crossword I thought was likeable (Americanisms apart) and not too hard.

I found most of this straightforward getting myself bogged down over 4 or 5 clues at the very end.

This puzzle should not have been hard, but I was left with four unsolved at 15 minutes, and I struggled mightily with those.  

33:09, indicating middle-of-the-road difficulty (by normal Friday standards!). I thought this puzzle was just great. Wonderful word choices, lovely definitions which were misleading without being hopelessly vexing. I can stand harder, but I was quite happy with this.

Time taken: 14:11

Bugs + Bunny appear in today’s entertaining offering.

Today we revert to the more traditional Tuesday puzzle on the easier side.

There was a bit of tricky vocab and GK in here, but much of the puzzle was eminently biffable

A backward solve for me, right to left, which I think I found slightly more difficult than the SNITCH currently suggests. Of course, it’s all fair (and understandable now it’s filled), but the setter certainly found several garden paths down which I was more than happy to wander.

Time: 17:20. It seems to me that the puzzles are getting easier this week, so perhaps we can expect some record-breaking tomorrow. I still took my time over this, wanting to be sure I understood … Read more “29410 Intermediate”