It was such a pity not to finish this fabulous puzzle correctly because I felt outsmarted from the start but chipped away and still fell short.
Times Quick Cryptic No 3038 by Asp
A Quick Cryptic puzzle at the harder end of the difficulty scale to keep us on our toes for a Friday from Asp today.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword, entitled “See-saw to Arkansas” here.
29278 Not the end of the world.
18.33 Most of this I found relatively straightforward, and the geographical and literary references were known to me, even if I misremembered the nationality of the writer at 4. Where I hit a bit … Read more “29278 Not the end of the world.”
Times Quick Cryptic No 3037 by Shay
About average difficulty (for a Shay puzzle, that is).
Times 29277 – still trying
Entertainment of a fairly gentle kind, this week.
Times Quick Cryptic No 3036 by Joker
Solving time: 9:34 In similar fashion to my previous blog (QC3024 by Teazel), I was once again breezeblocked at the final hurdle in the South East corner of the grid. Before that, the going had … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 3036 by Joker”
Homophonic clues
Following discussions in the 15×15 blog (Tuesday 8th July) and many previous occasions about homophone clues I decided to seek the view of Google Gemini on the subject. I wasn’t entirely happy with the first … Read more “Homophonic clues”
QC 3035 by Izetti
Quite gentle from Izetti here
Times Cryptic 29276
A little more variety in the clue construction would have made this more interesting.
Times Quick Cryptic 3034 by Pipsqueak – the early worm gets eaten
Hi all. I thought this puzzle from Pipsqueak was pitched well: it took me a little under my average time, which is normal for a Monday. Thanks Pipsqueak!