Category: Weekend Cryptic

I started this one over supper. The better half of the BRANCH household demonstrated an impressive talent for looking at the grid and saying, “that one looks like X”.

I found this, comme toujours, brilliant—and its menu suggestion mouth-watering.

I was helped here by knowing a number of things I’ve only met in crosswords.

8:02. A gentle one from Harry this week.

I started well here, but the last few slowed me down dramatically!

This one had a distinctly British flavo(u)r—as is only proper, of course. But I got along with it fairly easily. How’d y’all do?

Fortunately America wasn’t my special subject! Several clues in this one featured facts about the USA that exposed gaps in my knowledge.

15:13. I found this quite tricky, but when I came to write up the blog I couldn’t for the life of me see why.

After a full week, I don’t remember much about this. Perhaps it was easy?

I liked this a lot. Seven (!) anagrams, certainly not complaining about that, and I learned a new phrase, a new word, and a new English town.