Well, having solved more than half of the Guardian cryptic crossword on Monday, I managed two and a half clues on Tuesday, and absolutely none yesterday. It's only lucky l started when I did, or I might have given up already.
Never having paid the thing any attention before, I don't know whether the difficulty is randomly distributed, or if there's a deliberate escalation through the week. If so I dread to think what Saturday's is like - although they do at least offer a prize for that one, part of which is their 'Secrets of the Setters' book, which you would think would be splendidly redundant to anyone who had got that far.
Dazzling Jewel on test
6 days ago
Hi
ReplyDeleteOur experience (well, actually, Sheila's) is that some setters are easier to solve than others, a case of alignment of cognitive strategies, presumably. So no, it's not a case of getting harder as the week goes on, usually, just a matter of luck as to which setter set which day's puzzle.
Happy New Year!
Bruce