This is a puzzle of pretty much average Monday difficulty
Quick Cryptic 3184 by Hurley
That’s more like it!
Mephisto 3408 – You’ve got me, Paul!
This was quite an easy one from Paul, except for one small point. The answers are mostly quite accessible, even if some of the wordplay is a bit convoluted.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5195 by Robert Price — Oscars night
An entertaining exercise, as always, where tightly packed clues explode in the mind with a flash of light.
Quick Cryptic no 3183 by Shay
Shay lives up to his reputation as one of the tougher setters.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1764 – Born in Arizona, moved to Babylonia!
I managed to solve this one readily enough, spread out over several sessions. The second long answer is not used in the USA, and I had to get a number of crossers before concluding what the answer must be.
Times Cryptic 29418 – Sat, 20 December 2025. Life’s a beach.
Here in Australia, the period around Christmas and New Year is for lazing in the sun. This puzzle was perfectly suited to that lifestyle!
Times Quick Cryptic No 3182 by Cheeko
A bit of chewy Quick Cryptic for the Boxing Day holiday today. Did you spot the Nina?
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword entitled “Boxing Day” here.
Times Cryptic 29423 – why, how now!
Not the Boxing Day toughie we anticipated.
29422 A Yule Blog
Time: 35:31. I don’t think I know how to explain that time, which makes the puzzle look harder than I think it was, but let’s put it down to the excitement of Christmas, an incipient … Read more “29422 A Yule Blog”