Time taken: 14:31. A little bit longer than my average, and I don’t think there’s anything too obscure, but I had a hard time getting started on this one, I think in a first reading … Read more “Times 28732 – all day I dream about”
Category: Daily Cryptic
Times 28731 – taking sides in 1642.
A classic medium difficulty puzzle today, featuring just about every kind of clue within the setter’s toolbox.
Times Cryptic 28730
An enjoyable puzzle.
Times 28729 – Not your usual teenager
A typical Monday offering with nothing too much to tax the grey cells.
Times 28727 – this son of York is not 23dn
Good fun.
28,726 Le Bikini jaune du temps perdu.
Pleasant enough if not too demanding “for a Thursday” and I got through in less than 20 minutes but (as I think is my regrettable custom) I can’t spell the American. I’d sort of … Read more “28,726 Le Bikini jaune du temps perdu.”
Times 28725 – know your onions.
Today’s eclectic puzzle covers a whole gamut of possible wordplay types, a great example of the setter’s art.
Times Cryptic 28724
I found this surprisingly easy considering that there were several words unknown to me.
Times 28723 – Melts into the sea…..eventually!
I was going quickly in this one, and had about 2/3 of it complete in 15 minutes. Then, as sometimes happens, I came to a complete halt and could not solve another clue for the next 15 minutes.
Times Cryptic No 28721 — Nighty night
DNF. I finished more than half of this one, and then started falling asleep uncontrollably for five minutes at a time. Very very tired coming out of a bout of Covid in our family, so I’ll have to count this one as a loss!