2nd February 2019 at 6:58 PM – Times for The Times

Sunday Times Cryptic 4835, 13 January 2019, by Jeff Pearce — Huckleberry friend

Guy du Sable2nd February 2019 at 6:58 PM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Fun one, not as hard as I feared, once I finally got started. I’m sure 15 was extremely easy if you happened to know what “Honister” refers to; I didn’t, but got it (eventually) anyway. … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4835, 13 January 2019, by Jeff Pearce — Huckleberry friend”

Times Cryptic No 27258 – Saturday, 26 January 2019. A sunburnt country.

branch2nd February 2019 at 11:00 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

As I wrote this a week ago on Australia Day, the sunburnt country continued to set high temperature records. Lucky today’s puzzle wasn’t a scorcher too. I finished all but 25ac in regular time, but … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27258 – Saturday, 26 January 2019. A sunburnt country.”

Jumbo 1363

sghanson2nd February 2019 at 10:30 AM10 September 2025Jumbo Cryptic

Very straightforward this one, with nothing to complain about from my point of view. I would probably pick 17A as my favourite clue. Across 1 AWFUL – (l)AWFUL = sanctioned 4 EXCITEMENT – EXIT = … Read more “Jumbo 1363”