Another pleasant but undemanding Wednesday puzzle.
Times Quick Cryptic No 2688 by Trelawney
The Squire’s brow engulfs us with a wealth of interesting words…
Times Cryptic 28928
I found this hard
QC 2687 by Oink
Some great surfaces here, I don’t usually read surfaces much, as I am too busy trying to decrypt them. 1A for example is a perfectly natural English phrase.
Times Quick Cryptic 2686 by Jalna – be sure to spell your down answers with care
Hi everyone. Apart from a careless spelling error this went smoothly. No particular favourites, but all enjoyed. Thanks Jalna!
Times 28927 – A nice kettle of fish!
This one was certainly not that difficult, and I started fairly quickly, and then got to biffing answers, hoping for a good time. Unfortunately, my biffing skills suddenly failed me, and I had a hard time getting back into cryptic mode to clean up the extended SE.
Sunday Times 5112 by Dean Mayer
21:13. A tricky one from Dean this week, of the usual high quality.
Mephisto 3325 – Tim Moorey
Greetings, barred-grid fans.
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1673 – 11 May 2024
Hello again. I fairly riffled through most of this one, but I was brought up short by two small areas of the crossword at top left, and bottom middle, that took longer to sort out. … Read more “Times Cryptic Jumbo 1673 – 11 May 2024”
Quick Cryptic 2685 by Joker
Is Joker a 10CC fan?