A mixture of easier clues and others that needed some thought so about the right level of difficulty for a QC.
Times Cryptic 29126
A pleasant 12ac puzzle.
Times 29125 – Hoosier thunked it?
Try as I might, I couldn’t tame this puzzle, even though it was certainly no beast. By the end, I felt like a Californian firefighter trying to quench the flames with the non-existent water of … Read more “Times 29125 – Hoosier thunked it?”
Times Quick Cryptic 2884 by Jalna
An enjoyable puzzle I found mostly straightforward,
Sunday Times Crossword 1565 from 1955
To celebrate the centenary of the first Sunday Times crossword, a number of old puzzles have been published today. This is puzzle 1565 from 1955.
Sunday Times Puzzle 525 from 1935
Greetings all – as part of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Sunday Times crossword there are some old puzzles reprinted, and vinyl1 thought that old puzzles meant some old bloggers should have a swing … Read more “Sunday Times Puzzle 525 from 1935”
Sunday Times 2602 From 1975
Owing to various unfortunate contingencies, the management here at TftT only just learned of the publication of these historical puzzles. They are being published to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the very first Sunday Times puzzle in 1925, and are accompanied by an article by Sunday Times puzzle editor (and founder of TftT) Peter Biddlecombe.
Mephisto 3358 – A strange monkish ritual?
This one was a little tough, even though I finished most of it on a Saturday night, and polished off most of the rest the next morning. Most, but not all.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5145 by Dean Mayer — You’re not losing your mind
This was harder than the last two that I’ve blogged. The clues are as usual quite succinct and very often deceptive by the most subtle kinds of misdirection.
Quick Cryptic no 2883 by Hurley
I found parts of this quite tough, both to complete and to fully parse.