Category: Daily Cryptic

I am back into the swing today and sashayed my way through the clues which are amusing, entertaining and did not pose too much of a challenge (my way of saying whether I need to … Read more “Times 24548 – Rock n Roll”

Solving time: 9:07 (late at night but it felt better than some midnight efforts). Last part was the SW corner – 22A, 22D, 28, 21 Across 1 S=succeeded,WORD=slogan – the latter sounds a bit of … Read more “24547”

A sprightly 11:55, so not the stiffest challenge, but a puzzle with several entertaining features which I liked. (Apologies for late arrival, technical difficulties, at my end rather than The Crossword Club, just for a … Read more “Times 24,546 – Whan that Aprille…”

Solving Time: 18 + 17 + 10 minutes A typical Monday for me; mostly very easy with a few which had me stumped and one which I only got courtesy of some barely functional synapse … Read more “Times 24545 – Really?”

Solving time: 6:30 This was a bit of a curate’s egg: some of the clues (e.g. 10ac, 28ac) were really good, most were fine but some were a mess. A couple of the solutions were … Read more “ST 4381 (Sun 16 May) – Foot loose”

Solving time: 24:43 (1 wrong) Once again I was tantalisingly close to an all-correct solution, but failed at the tricky 23A. Since I knew the word ASTORETH but not ASTEROTH, I opted for the former … Read more “TLS 830 (30 April)”

A very varied and enjoyable puzzle of two halves for me. After getting off to a flying start with lots of anagrams, a couple of references to books and at least two give-away clues I … Read more “24543 – Enid Blyton meets James Joyce and Svengali”

It seems to me that there’s been a policy shift with this year’s qualifiers ( for the better in my opinion). The two so far have been much trickier than those offered over the last … Read more “2010 Championship Qualifier 2”

Solving time : 18 minutes, got off to a slow start, and then a flurry of solving starting on the left hand side and working towards the right. Stared at the anagram at 18 for … Read more “Times 24542 – confucius say man who get 14 in his 1 is going to shine his 20s”

Solving time: 19:15 Before we start, a quick note that the previous posting here contains details for the next “Sloggers and Betters” event, next Thursday. I found this as tough puzzle as my time suggests. … Read more “24541”