Too good for the likes of me, but I enjoyed the challenge, until I didn’t and gave up. Trusty aids and liberal use of the check feature came to the rescue.
Times Quick Cryptic No 3194 by Wurm
A typically witty Quick Cryptic from Wurm today with a couple of tricky bits.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Phil’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. As an added bonus for the first of our puzzles of the year, Phil has provided a 15×15 grid, but don’t worry – it is no more difficult than the usual 13x13s. You can find the crossword here.
29434 Keeping it clean
Time: 12:36, by some distance my quickest of the week though it may be the clues just fell nicely for me. The artsy bits should be reasonably well known to regular solvers, though you may … Read more “29434 Keeping it clean”
Quick Cryptic 3193 by Alex
Fun puzzle, middling difficulty.
Times Cryptic 29433 – Science Edition
Hello again. I liked this crossword, which I thought had a distinct tinge of the sciences about it
Times Quick Cryptic No 3192 by Juji
Took a little while to get going with this
QC 3191 by Dangle
Dangle left me dangling with a DNF due to a NHO word which seems to have escaped from Mephisto.
Times Cryptic 29432
Nice wordplay and interesting surfaces made this an enjoyable solve.
Times Quick Cryptic 3190 by Oink
Hi all. I hope 2026 is treating you well.
Oink typically provides smooth and not too difficult puzzles, and I found this to be such. I expect a wide selection of favourite clues today. Thanks Oink!
Times 29431 – Just right!
I would have to say that this puzzle is very, very good without being excessively tricky. Everything is completely fair, you just have to take what the setter says and run with it. I tried to speed up by putting in the easy answers and biffing the rest, but to no avail.