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Category: Weekend Cryptic

Sunday Times Cryptic No 5115 by Dean Mayer — wink-wink

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 16th June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

This seemed quite fresh, with a couple bits of unusual vocabulary—one of which I was pleased to know already…

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Times Cryptic 28938 – Saturday, 8 June 2024. The sound of music so tender …

Author   branchPosted on 15th June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

The sound of music so tender … accompanied my struggle with my last clue.

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Sunday Times 5114 by David McLean – Jiminy Cricket!

Author   keriothePosted on 9th June 2024 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

13:42. A bit of a tricky one from Harry this week.

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Times Cryptic 28932 – Saturday, 1 June 2024. Easy as you like it.

Author   branchPosted on 8th June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

I fairly flew through this.

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5113 by Robert Price — unexpected consequences

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 2nd June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Another elegant, delightfully devious creation by our fellow Times for The Times regular.

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Times Cryptic 28926 – Saturday, 25 May 2024. No clue is an island.

Author   branchPosted on 1st June 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Nice clues in this one. I took the wrong route to the right answer in 1ac

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Sunday Times 5112 by Dean Mayer

Author   keriothePosted on 26th May 2024 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

21:13. A tricky one from Dean this week, of the usual high quality.

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Times Cryptic 28920 – Saturday, 18 May 2024. Parse me the source, please.

Author   branchPosted on 25th May 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

There was a lot of tricky wordplay in this one. And lots of smiles, when things became clear.

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Sunday Times Cryptic No 5111 by David McLean — Baffle of the Bands

Author   Guy du SablePosted on 19th May 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

This was a rocking good time, posing no problems but prompting some thought, with the added spice of an apparent theme.

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Times Cryptic 28914 – Sat, 11 May 2024. Wolf-man Lack?

Author   branchPosted on 18th May 2024 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

It turns out my knowledge of wolf-men is lacking.

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