24:17. I found this very difficult, for reasons I can’t now remember: it seemed mostly pretty straightforward when I came to write up the blog. It had a bit of a quirky feel to it, … Read more “Sunday Times 5120 by David McLean”
Category: Weekend Cryptic
Times Cryptic 28968 – Saturday, 13 July 2024. Mist in the west
The western side of this puzzle put up good resistance!
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5119 by Robert Price — Romeo gets around!
Sheer genius, with a wide variety of succinct, initially baffling clues.
Times Cryptic 28962 – Saturday, 6 July 2024.
Not terribly hard for a Saturday, although some of the definitions eluded me for a while.
Sunday Times 5118 by Dean Mayer
10:34. Not too many horses frightened in this week’s puzzle
Times Cryptic 28956 – Saturday, 29 June 2024. On yer bike!
I enjoyed this. An interesting tidbit about old bikes!
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5117 by David McLean — electrifying performance!
Bravo, maestro!
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!
Sunday Times 5116 by Robert Price
7:09. Not a difficult puzzle from Robert this week, but a model of creativity and elegance. Lovely stuff. Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated like (TIHS)* , deletions like this, anagram indicators are in italics. Across … Read more “Sunday Times 5116 by Robert Price”
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!!