Category: Daily Cryptic

I did this in 31 minutes. A few I wasn’t sure about when solving – still not entirely sure about everything! I don’t have time for the pie chart, so if someone would like to … Read more “23929 – moving fast?”

Solving time: 11:06, one mistake (2dn) Reasonably accurate clues this week, once you ignore the multitude of superfluous words and dubious link phrases. Some of the clues are a bit strange, though (e.g. 22ac), and … Read more “ST 4278 (Sun 25 May) – Doctor, doctor”

Solving time – 16:23  I thought I was going to be in for the long haul with this one as my initial scan of the Across clues yielded nothing and the Downs weren’t looking much … Read more “23,927”

Solving time: 16:09 I made this more difficult for myself than it should have been by writing AIR BRIDGE into 16 instead of 18. That slowed me up a little. Even without that, I was … Read more “Times 23,926”

Solving time 8:35 This is an example of what’s still a comparative rarity – a Times crossword with an obvious theme. The only others I can remember in the last couple of years are Brian … Read more “23925 – you only solve once”

Solving time : Around 15 minutes – somewhat in contrast to yesterday’s! ETA Having now looked at the solving times elsewhere, I can only conclude that I have had one of those happy days where … Read more “Times 23,924”

Solving time: 1hr 4mins Got off to a pretty quick start but came to a standstill with only about half completed. There was quite a bit of general knowledge needed that I didn’t have! The … Read more “23923”

Posted on behalf of Andy Wallace who is back on blogging duty but away for a long weekend. I didn’t get an uninterrupted run at this one but was thoroughly stumped by 25A and two … Read more “23,916 – Sat 17 May”

This took me rather longer than it should have – a good 45 minutes. It seemed rather a let-down after yesterday’s treat but on another day it might have seemed more impressive. Across 1 BROAD-BRUSH … Read more “Times 23921”

Solving time : 15 minutes, with one unconfirmed guess. Blazed through most of this, some fun and fruity wordplay and two clues that had me outright laughing – not quite Clues in Blue territory, but … Read more “Times 23920: DD, XX, and trusting one’s instinct”