13.10, though I thought it was going to be quicker. After the chastening challenge of the first Competition grid yesterday this felt like a generous helping of light relief, and in the early stages … Read more “29362 ….and breathe.”
Quick Cryptic 3121 by Hurley
Middling difficulty, better-than-middling quality.
Times Cryptic 29361
An interesting crossword with some fairly advanced vocabulary
Times Quick Cryptic No 3120 by Joker
Is time flying the hallmark of an entertaining puzzle?
QC 3119 by Izetti
Usual tricks from Izetti, a nice puzzle, 16:04 for me. How did everyone else get on?
Times Cryptic 29360
Much of this went in quite easily once I got started
Times Quick Cryptic 3118 by Trelawney – International Day for Failure
Hi everybody. Trelawney has taken us on a bit of an international tour, so I sought inspiration for the blog title by typing “international” into a search engine and looking at the autocomplete suggestions. This was when I discovered that October 13th is International Day for Failure. Thanks Trelawney!
Times Cryptic 29359 – Not the Championship puzzle!
I printed out three puzzles for the evening, and whipped through the Quickie. Next up was supposed to be the main puzzle, but the puzzle on my clipboard was the Championship final. Fortunately, I realized this immediately from the difficulty of the clues – no easy Monday this! Turning to the correct puzzle with relief, I found it not as easy as usual, although not really hard.
Times Crossword Championship 2025 Results
As posted on the Times Crossword Club site here today…
Congratulations to Mark Goodliffe, who has won the Times Crossword Championship for a record 14th time, solving a fiendish final puzzle in 8:55….
A view from the championship
Some people may be interested in the Times Crossword Championship, which was held yesterday at HQ in London.