52:18, which sadly included a fifteen-minute struggle to get the last two clues. I nearly gave up, but I’m nothing if not persistent. Quite a good and challenging puzzle, in my opinion.
Times Quick Cryptic 3271 by Mara
Horses may safely graze
Times 29512 – Ticky Thursday
Time taken: 11:36
Times Cryptic 29511 – Blossom’s out, even if the sun isn’t.
A mixed bag of the easy, smooth and obscure this week.
Quick Cryptic 3270 by Hurley
Very pleasant fare from Hurley.
Quick Cryptic 3269 by Wurm
A couple of clues here for our ‘very wise’ (I would never say ‘smug’) classicists.
Times Cryptic 29510
A very enjoyable solve but some of the parsing beat me until I came to write the blog.
Times 29509 – Eminently beatable
I threw in the towel after ten minutes tussling with 4 down
Quick Cryptic 3268 by Heron
The surface readings struck me as particularly smooth today.
Mephisto 3422 – Allegro moderato
This was a pleasant puzzle from John Grimshaw, a good challenge but not excessively difficult. There were some good starter clues, such as….