Eating and drink made a good showing in this one. Little by the way of obscure general knowledge, happily.
Category: Weekend Cryptic
Sunday Times 5172 by Dean Mayer – the need for seeded
11:25. The usual high quality from Dean this week.
Times Cryptic 29280 – Sat, 12 July 2025. Ready, aim, squire!
Some very nice clues here. Thanks, setter!
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5171 by David McLean — I hear ya
The presence of three (3!) homophone clues distinguishes this worthy offering as much as anything else.
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.
Sunday Times 5170 by Robert Price
11:05. Not too difficult from Robert this week, but the usual high quality collection of elegant clues.
Times Cryptic 29268 – Sat, 28 June 2025. GK test.
Several general knowledge unknowns here, for me at least.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5169 by Dean Mayer — groovy thing
Solving this one required some neuronal plasticity (s t r e t c h), and I felt smarter when it was all worked out.
Times Cryptic 29262 – Sat, 21 June 2025. Old salts never die?
There was some tricky wordplay and a few elliptic definitions here.
Sunday Times 5168 by David McLean – here’s one I made earlier
17:56. A tricky and enjoyable puzzle from Harry this week