Category: Weekend Cryptic

Financially orientated, this puzzle. Those who counts the money, those who bring it home, those who won’t spend it, those who want yours, a thing to put it in, and more. Mind you, the clues … Read more “Times Cryptic No 28110 – Saturday, 16 October 2021. Money, money, money …”

10:36. What a great puzzle. Not particularly difficult, but a model of wit and elegance. How did you get on? Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated like (TIHS)*, anagram indicators are in italics. Across 1 Where … Read more “Sunday Times 4976 by Dean Mayer – I love it when a plan comes together”

More mention of underwear than typical, I thought. Never mind, if we break out the rum, I’m sure the thought will go away! I liked the artful construction of 1ac, and the devious definition of … Read more “Times Cryptic No 28104 – Saturday, 9 October 2021. Is the sun over the yardarm?”

I hope someone out there enjoyed this more than I did. Aside from a few clues—notably 7, with its smooth and very apt surface, and 19, which pointedly alludes to and whose entire surface could … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4975, by David McLean — just business”

Unlike Yorick, I’d never heard of the character at 3dn. 12ac was a new idea that stretched my mind. I didn’t know 3dn. 16ac featured the best disguised anagram indicator. Thanks to the setter for … Read more “Times Cryptic No 28098 – Saturday, 2 October 2021. Alas poor Yorick – I knew him, Horatio.”

19:50. I found this tough, and the extra time it took me was most welcome because I thought it was a brilliant puzzle and I enjoyed every minute of it. Not much unfamiliar vocabulary for … Read more “Sunday Times 4974 by Robert Price”

My LOI was 3dn, and I had a vivid flashback to Biggles and crew when I saw what the definition referred to! In fact, the upper left of the puzzle was all troublesome. I finally … Read more “Times Cryptic No 28092 – Saturday, 25 September 2021. Wizard prang, wot?”

You’d be well advised to bewareAnd cross this terrain with due care.The surface is calm,But maybe a bombIs lurking not far under there… This entry is dedicated to the American pullout from Afghanistan. I indicate … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4973, by Dean Mayer — Try to see… watch your step!”

Dear me! I’ve seen the joke at 1ac before, in another context, but it still raised a smile. Everything else was gettable with due effort. I biffed 10ac, and put off parsing it for the … Read more “Times Cryptic No 28086 – Saturday, 18 September 2021. What a shame!”

13:07. I have left it very late to blog this, so I’d better just get on with it. I thought this was a lovely puzzle. Not hard, but I struggled for perhaps five minutes over … Read more “Sunday Times 4972 by David McLean”