Category: Daily Cryptic

Proper Friday stuff, but of the sort that leaves you feeling accomplished rather than frustrated.

Time: 26:31, a little more than the additional minute I’ve scored over each of the first three this week. In several entries, working out how the wordplay worked was a stiffer challenge than sticking in … Read more “29446, feeling a bit under par.”

Hello again. I found this one about average difficulty, at least by current standards.

One hour over two sessions. Not easy – or was it me?

I seem to have found this puzzle a lot harder than everyone else, but the leaderboard and the SNITCH seem to be surprisingly sparse. 

70 minutes. A puzzle like this, I feel compelled to finish no matter how long it takes — and, well, this one took some time. I fell asleep slightly in the middle, but I don’t think staying awake would have made the puzzle go any quicker.

No time recorded – my laptop decided to crash and I had to get it wiped, so I’m solving and writing this up on an unfamiliar laptop.

If music be the food of lovely crosswords, play on!

Very enjoyable with a few tricky words, meanings and pieces of  wordplay but enough easier clues to keep things moving along. 

In my still somewhat drowsy post-ailment condition, this was just what the doctor ordered