Category: Daily Cryptic

Hello everyone. Ulaca is away this month, so I have the pleasure of standing in.

Very hard, in my book.

Y 24.33, so not so easy for me, not least because on blogging night I had to be reasonably sure that all was in place and understood, and then this was no connected solve, answers … Read more “28954 Taking one consideration with another.”

A top quality puzzle, I thought, not difficult but with some tortuous wordplay.

A fairly straightforward 15×15 on my watch this time

No music today, this was an outdoor deck solve, finished an hour before the thunderstorms came through.   It certainly didn’t take long; this has got to be the easiest puzzle ever for those who have the general knowledge to solve these things.  

DNF, consisting of 13 minutes to solve all but one clue, and then 15+ more minutes to not solve that clue.

Time taken: 13:43. Looks like we have another Tricky Thursday puzzle on our hands!

This is a crossword for Classicists and masochists.

I had problems parsing several clues when solving but hope that I have resolved all the queries whilst writing the blog.