Some may not know all the references in this one. I got everything, one way or the other.
Category: Weekend Cryptic
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5093 by David McLean — crime and punishment
Hmm… I detect a theme here.
Times Cryptic 28806 – Sat, 6 Jan 2024. Fireworks now.
This was a challenge to start the New Year with. More fireworks than the week before, I thought.
Sunday Times 5092 by Robert Price
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”
Times Cryptic 28800 – Sat, 30 Dec 2023. No fireworks.
Plenty of fireworks on New Year’s Eve, but this puzzle was relatively gentle.
Sunday Times Jumbo Cryptic No 5091 by David McLean — all unwrapped
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.
Times Cryptic 28794 – Sat, 23 Dec 2023. Pre-Christmas cheer.
Smooth sailing for the most part. I’m puzzled by one thing
Sunday Times 5090 by Dean Mayer – I’ll be right here
12:54. I thought this was excellent even by Dean’s exalted standards.
Times Cryptic 28788 – Sat, 16 Dec 2023. In another century, and besides the wretch is dead!
At first glance I thought this was going to be hard. But, once I started, I fairly flew through it. There were two or three obvious answers, where I later had to search for details to explain the wordplay.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5089 by Robert Price — Beatitude
This Sunday we were truly blessed, brothers and sisters. The intelligent design of this creator tested us, but not with anything beyond our ability to bear.