Category: Daily Cryptic

Lots to like in this Monday offering. Much that is straightforward (especially in the definition department), but some stuff to get the little grey cells working.

A clever and enjoyable puzzle – and chewy enough.

  I confess to being in two minds about this thing. I want to say there are some very clever clues and some fine and amusing, even risqué, surfaces. Perhaps because I never really got … Read more “28714 Dam’ and blast. So fair and foul…”

Sometimes we befuddle ourselves by imagining things are more complicated than they really are.

An enjoyable solve

This was probably a pretty easy puzzle, but since I could barely stay awake while solving, my brain had trouble making the necessary jumps to get to the answers.

33:24. Not bad for a barely functioning brain! First week back in the classroom, alongside my own research and my kids’ hectic schedules meant that I couldn’t really focus on this one. It seemed like a solid puzzle; nothing jumped out at me.

I don’t have an accurate time for this one, as I got a bunch of messages that needed attention just as I had settled in to get started. A look at the times so far … Read more “Times 28708 – 19 in my head”

I found this a straightforward, well clued puzzle, with a couple of obscurities solved from wordplay and checked afterwards.

I found this straightforward. How did you do?