Category: Daily Cryptic

A mixed bag of the easy, smooth and obscure this week.

A very enjoyable solve but some of the parsing beat me until I came to write the blog.

I threw in the towel after ten minutes tussling with 4 down

About as straightforward as Fridays come.

Time: 14:58 This didn’t feel much like a Tricky Thursday with most of my answers suggesting themselves readily from some kind and economical cluing, never more than two lines of print. There’s really only one … Read more “29506 True, I talk of dreams”

Hello again. This crossword I thought was rather easier than average, though with the usual couple of clues I have had trouble parsing…

My fastest solve for a very long time.

If you are Quickie solver who wants to move up, this is your chance.   This is another mild Monday where experienced solvers will see the answers very quickly.   

DNF. Not an easy puzzle by any means, but also not as bad as I made it out to be. Some of the clues made me think this was going to be impossible, and I kept second-guessing myself. When I finally revealed the answers I couldn’t get, I thought, was that really all?

Time taken: 10:30