Category: Weekend Cryptic

14:50. I obviously found this tricky but I can’t really see why now.

A good puzzle to do over lunch I found. My favourite was 9ac.

I think I passed! A few definitions—as parts of clues and for an entire answer—really had me stretching.

Someone asked recently how hard Saturdays are, compared with the SNITCH of weekday puzzles. My guess would have been typically perhaps 90-100 on the SNITCH. This one might have rated higher!

14:14. A tricky and enjoyable puzzle this week from Harry.

Only one comment in the margin of my copy, at 26ac. Otherwise, smooth sailing.

Entertaining, and educational too—seemed a bit harder than the last challenge from Bob. Some clues are surely going to be easier, though, for residents of the UK.

This was reasonably easy to solve, and very easy to write up!

19:03. I found this very hard, and got particularly badly stuck in the NE corner.

Lots of clues struck me as having a novel flavour, and 24ac is superb.