Category: Weekend Cryptic

Took a few moments to find the wavelength, but I soon had a steady signal, as usual when Bob’s at the transmitter.

Whatever the vibrations, I was mostly on tune with this one.

6:52. This was at the easier end of Dean’s offerings but none the less enjoyable for that.

Some may not know all the references in this one. I got everything, one way or the other.

Hmm… I detect a theme here.

This was a challenge to start the New Year with. More fireworks than the week before, I thought.

11:05. This wasn’t particularly difficult but I thought it was a delightful puzzle, with lots of concise and elegant clues: the perfect way to end the crosswording year. The anagram at 16ac is a cracker, … Read more “Sunday Times 5092 by Robert Price”

Plenty of fireworks on New Year’s Eve, but this puzzle was relatively gentle.

This fruitcake is chock-full of seasonal nuttiness, with a good number of clues that wouldn’t work nearly as well at any other time, which makes it generally quite easy. The few unusual words and more difficult parsings really stood out.

Smooth sailing for the most part. I’m puzzled by one thing