I made a bit of a meal of this, sitting there with the third highest WITCH
Quick Cryptic 3256 by Oink
Today we have a very enjoyable puzzle from Oink.
Mephisto 3420 – The Joke’s on Us
This one was rather straightforward, and didn’t take long. The pun is worse than usual, and wasn’t of any help in solving.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5207 by Robert Price — a bargain at any…
Certainly got my money’s worth here!
Quick Cryptic no 3255 by Shay
An interesting and quite demanding puzzle from Shay
Times Cryptic Jumbo 1778
Oscar season and we are off to the pictures!
Times Cryptic 29490 – Sat, 14 Mar 2026.
This was harder than most Saturdays. Thankfully, not to compare with the Thursday before!
Times Cryptic 29495
Plenty to chew over after the fact, since a few (especially downs) went in on checkers and without fully understanding the wordplay. By no means an all-weekender, nevertheless.
Times Quick Cryptic No 3254 by Cheeko
Following on from a tricky one from Bjorn yesterday, today we have another tricky Quick Cryptic, this time from Cheeko. A good workout with lots of fine clues.
Fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic. This time it is my turn to provide the extra weekend entertainment. You can find the crossword entitled “A Musical Game” here.
29494 Bottles on the doorstep.
Time: 23:56 Not especially difficult, though younger viewers might be challenged by the featured entertainers and some rather odd vocabulary. Our setter seems to be particularly fond of things going backwards – I’ve counted 8 … Read more “29494 Bottles on the doorstep.”