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I used to do it every day, 25 years back, and could usually get at least halfway, very rarely complete it. Had a look at today's, and could get 6 clues - maybe would have got more if I'd had the time, but not much more.
In contrast, this week's Minute Cryptics have taken about 5 seconds combined. Graun cryptic is something you really need to do for a while to get into the headspace. And accept they will often use words you have never heard before or will again.
kl
I went and tried the (non quick) Guardian cryptic.
Yeah, hard clues are demaoralising.