This was a delight, but a challenge. Clever wordplay fitting smoothly into the surface readings of the clues, uncommon words, slippery definitions!
Author: branch
Times Cryptic 29298 – Sat, 2 August 2025. Musicians and musicals.
One clue stretched my general knowledge. Otherwise a typical Saturday.
Times Cryptic 29292 – Sat, 26 July 2025. If it feels likely, biff it!
You’ll go faster on this one if you just biff in the likely answers and don’t sweat the tricky parsing.
Times Cryptic 29286 – Sat, 19 July 2025. Offer you food and wine.
Eating and drink made a good showing in this one. Little by the way of obscure general knowledge, happily.
Times Cryptic 29280 – Sat, 12 July 2025. Ready, aim, squire!
Some very nice clues here. Thanks, setter!
Times Cryptic 29274 – Sat, 5 July 2025. Know wot I mean, guv?
A few interesting and unfamiliar words here, including one I didn’t realise came from Cockney Rhyming Slang.
Times Cryptic 29268 – Sat, 28 June 2025. GK test.
Several general knowledge unknowns here, for me at least.
Times Cryptic 29262 – Sat, 21 June 2025. Old salts never die?
There was some tricky wordplay and a few elliptic definitions here.
Times Cryptic 29256 – Sat, 14 June 2025. Quick Quick, slow.
I flew through most of this, but stalled on the last two.
Times Cryptic 29250 – Sat, 7 June 2025. Shakes on a plane.
I did this while in flight mode on an intercity flight. Luckily I didn’t accidentally refresh the screen and lose everything.