Author: branch

There were a striking number of two word answers here. I counted nine.

Not so tricky. It took a while to see one answer, and another had a term I didn’t know, but it all worked!

Not to say this was hard, but the ones that challenged me were all in the west. 1dn and 24dn, particularly.

This went quickly, until I hit traffic with the last two clues, both involving church matters.

All clues solved and ready to blog. Thanks, setter. How did you all do? Note for newcomers: The Times offers prizes for Saturday Cryptic Crosswords. This blog is for last week’s puzzle, posted after the competition … Read more “Times Cryptic 29514 – Sat, 11 April 2026. Again, soothing Saturday.”

I enjoyed this one. Lots of answers were “biffable”, so that helped.

Thanks, setter. This may have given you all a relaxing Saturday.

I found this very hard for a Saturday. It took me several sessions.

This was harder than most Saturdays. Thankfully, not to compare with the Thursday before!

This was fun, pitched at our expected Saturday level.