A nice QC from Wurm
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1748 – 25 August 2025
Hello again. I liked this one. Not too easy, not too hard, with some very neat clues and generally good surfaces. The sort of crossword where if you think a clue is wrong, it is … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1748 – 25 August 2025”
Mephisto 3392 – Topical excursions
There was nothing very difficult for hardened Mephisto solvers here, although I was a bit slow on finishing owing to other activities.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5179 by Robert Price — pedant’s delight
Enjoyable throughout with everything clear in the end, and I learned a new word, idiom and aquatic species.
Times Cryptic 29322 – Sat, 30 August 2025. Yes, from down under, then!
Monty Python rules, OK. I didn’t know of the Python sketch obliquely referenced at 17dn. That explains much.
Quick Cryptic no 3087 by City
A sparkling debut by new setter City, with some really lovely surfaces.
Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1747 – 23 August
A great Jumbo for the Bank Holiday weekend with some entertaining clues including a super 21 letter anagram.
Times 29327
A treat for those who like their Friday puzzles solvable, and their blogs brief.
Times Quick Cryptic No 3086 by Pedro
A neat Friday Quick Cryptic from Pedro.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is Phil’s turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword here.
29326 Not from down under, then…
18 minutes precisely, taking time to make sure I’d correctly interpreted the wordplay, which varied between the bizarre and the really quite easy. A couple of celebrities put in an appearance, one living, one … Read more “29326 Not from down under, then…”