Category: Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 11:58 Got stuck in the bottom left until I got 26ac, then it all fell out. One faulty anagram today (18ac – RIO DE JANEIRO), where the blame probably lies with the typesetter. … Read more “ST 4267 (Sun 9 Mar) – Oh Rio, Rio…”

This took me about an hour which was not good as I started very well and for a while thought I had drawn an easy day to blog but I became bogged down along the … Read more “Times 23861 Tricky”

Solving time : I resorted to aids (Chambers and Bradfords) after 35 minutes to get the last few, so 41 cheating minutes. I found this one tough. Really tough. On a first scan through the … Read more “Times 23860 – A mal song rang (4,8)”

Solving time 7:58 After an easy puzzle yesterday, something just a bit more meaty today. No (direct) hidden word or initial letter clues, and only three pure anagrams, two with ‘split fodder’. There are also … Read more “23859 – how hard for you?”

Solving time : 20 minutes A very easy puzzle with no particular talking points Across 1 BARD – On Edit BAR-(Eisteddfo)D (missed the important bit out. Thanks Peter);reference The Gorsedd of Bards who meet in … Read more “Times 23858 A Breeze In The Gale”

Later than I had planned to post – and later than I had planned to solve. Plans change – sorry about that.Solved in just over 50 mins – not as difficult as some recent ones, … Read more “Times 23857 – bit of music, bit of Latin”

Solving time: Gave up on 28ac after 10 mins. I did try again later, without success; it turned out that a crossing answer (25dn) was wrong. The clues in this puzzle were extremely verbose with … Read more “ST 4266 (Sun 2 Mar) – Low ebb”

  Solving time: 10:38 Well there you go.  You wait for one Theod blog to come along (probably not!) and two arrive together… …after a prolonged spell on the subs bench with little practice on … Read more “Times 23,855”

Solving time: 24:08 I steamed through the top half of this (except for 5, which took me ages to justify) and thought I might be heading for a record time for me. Then the bottom … Read more “Times 23,854”

Solving time 6:21 Quick start with a very easy 1A and chestnutty 10 and 12, so most of the top filled in quickly, then ran out of speed in the bottom half. Can’t see any … Read more “23853 – Easy for a Wednesday”