Category: Daily Cryptic

Solving time – 8:34  I found this very straightforward. The only thing that really held me up was 22 and that was because that I wasn’t sure that “wild” and ROMANTIC could mean the same … Read more “23,939”

Solving time: 16:04 Lots of good clues. I especially liked 8A and 3D, and 15A though it took me ages to get it. This was never going to be a fast solve, but I got … Read more “Times 23938”

Solving time 17:12 Not a good choice for a late night solve but wanted to get this out of the way. Got very stuck on the left side, with the last answers in order being … Read more “23937 – hard work”

I am glad to make my debut here on a soft easy day. Quite a standard Times puzzle with few hard-boiled eggs. Across1 WHINGERS *(Gershwin)5 BOWSER Cha of BOWS (gives way) ER (Cyclops’s Brenda)10 INFANTILE … Read more “Times 23,935 – The Bearded Lady”

Solving time : a straightforward and enjoyable 20 minutes, including a quick Google where wordplay made an answer obvious, but the actual knowledge which explained it was outside my ornithological experience… Across 1 SANDPIPER – … Read more “Times 23,936 – Occasionally knotty”

Solving time: lost, but about 7:30 rings a bell. No, actually – not a bad puzzle this week I thought, by Sunday Times standards. A few of the many cryptic definitions were a bit weak, … Read more “ST 4279 (Sun 1 Jun) – A load of rubbish?”

This took me about 45 minutes. I found the left side quite easy but became bogged down on the right with rather too many answers arrived at from one part of the clue without understanding … Read more “Times 23933 – Another Phew!”

I didn’t time myself on this one, I think if I solved it under usual conditions, it would be a 20-25 minuter. Clues were good, some nice wordplay, I solved this one in front of … Read more “Times 23932 – Phwoar indeed!”

Solving time 9:43, two mistakes I got to the end of this with 21D left to solve. ?O?K?R for “Fishing boat, one that heels”. I inked in an E to make ?O?KER and then, lacking … Read more “23931 – Gateway and cocker shocker”

Solving time : 35 minutes I couldn’t access the Times on-line this morning so had to go rushing off to Tesco to get the paper. A truely extraordinary website. This is a fun puzzle, not … Read more “Times 23,930 Your Diligence Awaits”