Today we have an entertaining Quick Cryptic from Alconiere. As I always do with his puzzles, I found it slightly on the tricky side, taking 6:15 which is a bit longer than average for me. Some lovely clues – I particularly liked 9A, 13A, 6D and, my COD, 15D. Furthermore, we have a timely Nina.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the latest crossword, which is entitled “My Holiday Destination” here. Enjoy!
A toughie today from Hurley giving me my first DNF in a while.
Nice and gentle for me today.
Quite a lot of untangling required here with a few interesting threads which led me off to the dictionaries. 21ac ended up being my problem clue today – it took me to just over 10 minutes.
Hello all. When possible I like to keep the setter’s identity a mystery until after solving, so I come to the puzzle without preconceptions and can guess and then check who was responsible. Today’s setter not only gave himself away courtesy of a couple of religious references, but also signed the puzzle at 11a. All good fun, for which thanks to Izetti.
I enjoyed this. Medium difficulty I’d say, but nice surfaces and rewarding wordplay.
This was my fastest solve of this week at just under 10 minutes.
8:30. I found this a bit tricky, though I was also a bit distracted. Joker’s puzzles are always on the harder side, so I suppose I’m just glad to have finished!
Congratulations on a double century to Tracy and many thanks for all the entertainment you’ve given us.
The SE proved tricky to break down. I was taken over 10 minutes by 20ac, 15 and 17dn.
I found this straightforward, how did you do?
