Category: Weekend Cryptic

Here in Australia, the period around Christmas and New Year is for lazing in the sun. This puzzle was perfectly suited to that lifestyle!

7:24. Not a very difficult puzzle from Harry this week but a very enjoyable one, with some lovely clues. If you haven’t had a look at the puzzle mentioned by my Sunday oppo last week, … Read more “Sunday Times 5194 by David McLean – childhood memories”

If I could explain the “mystery” clue, this puzzle would be par for a Saturday!

There’s a good number of that kind of clue here, along with similar ones where the parts just aren’t presented in consecutive order. A charade is usually the last thing I look for…

This was a par Saturday puzzle. It was all solvable, although not everything was smooth sailing.

7:25. Pretty gentle stuff from Robert this week, but the usual collection of concise and elegant clues with pristine surfaces. Lovely. As usual the top and bottom rows constitute a delightfully awful pun. Definitions are … Read more “Sunday Times 5192 by Robert Price”

Another Saturday that contrasted nicely with the Fierce Friday on the day before.

I felt at times that this one pushed the envelope, and am curious about the other solvers’ experiences.

Smurfs are blue. I was sunny – a Saturday of my favourite kind.

11:08. A puzzle of two halves…