I found this harder than recent Saturdays. Progress was along the diagonals – the NW and SE put up most resistance. I loved the clever clueing and applauded the scarcity of obscurities!
Author: branch
Times Cryptic 28974 – Saturday, 20 July 2024.
There were a lot of neat clues and cute ideas here.
Times Cryptic 28968 – Saturday, 13 July 2024. Mist in the west
The western side of this puzzle put up good resistance!
Times Cryptic 28962 – Saturday, 6 July 2024.
Not terribly hard for a Saturday, although some of the definitions eluded me for a while.
Times Cryptic 28956 – Saturday, 29 June 2024. On yer bike!
I enjoyed this. An interesting tidbit about old bikes!
Times Cryptic 28950 – Saturday, 22 June 2024. Knocked it out of the park?
The cricket reference in 2dn may be particularly puzzling for non-aficionados!
Times Cryptic 28944 – Saturday, 15 June 2024. Wind from the south west, driven onto the rocks!
Oops! At the time I loaded this blog, one published answer made no sense to me! I think it must have been a typo, but we’ll see!!
Times Cryptic 28938 – Saturday, 8 June 2024. The sound of music so tender …
The sound of music so tender … accompanied my struggle with my last clue.
Times Cryptic 28932 – Saturday, 1 June 2024. Easy as you like it.
I fairly flew through this.
Times Cryptic 28926 – Saturday, 25 May 2024. No clue is an island.
Nice clues in this one. I took the wrong route to the right answer in 1ac