Category: Weekend Cryptic

This was fun. About standard weight for a Saturday puzzle, with lots to enjoy. I confess that once I saw the helpers for 14dn, I decided I had no interest in trying to guess where … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27960 – Saturday, 24 April 2021. In dire straits?”

The last time I blogged, there was a bit of discussion about Cryptic Definitions, in which both the setter and the editor joined in. I just sat back with some popcorn (so to speak). An … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4951, by David McLean — CD-aRAMa”

Well, that was easier than usual, I thought. I didn’t have the parochial knowledge to understand 13dn, but I got it from the helpers. For the rest, I can see the blog will be straightforward. … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27954 – Saturday, 17 April 2021. Not in this parish.”

12:48. I didn’t find this particularly hard but I did find it particularly delightful. A really super puzzle full of wit and lovely penny-drop moments. Thank you very much Bob for a quarter-hour of great … Read more “Sunday Times 4950 by Robert Price”

Well, that was harder than the usual Saturday fare. Lots of answers hovered beyond the edge of my memory for a long time. I had more trouble with the LHS than the RHS of the … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27948 – Saturday, 10 April 2021.”

As with the last puzzle I blogged, I spotted an easy long one first, 14. But 17, the answer with which it is 23, eluded me for a while, though it now seems pretty obvious. … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4949 by Dean Mayer — coir practice”

I’m writing this blog well after the event, so I don’t remember much about the experience. I did love the cunning definition at 2dn! There were other touches of enlightenment I remember too. Thanks to … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27942 – Saturday, 3 April 2021. Late to the party.”

8:15. A very unusual grid this week: one that I don’t remember seeing before. The long series of unchecked lights black squares around the edges give it an odd look, and there are no short … Read more “Sunday Times 4948 by David McLean”

This Crossword had a very fresh feel to it. Was it a new or different setter, I wonder? I got though it very quickly but paused to admire clue after clue as I went. I … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27936 – Saturday, 27 March 2021. New and different?”

I flashed on the answer to 13 on first glance, so decided to take the time then to work out the long anagram in 16, which made it possible to finish everything below that pretty … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4947 by Robert Price — Yo-’o-’o, and a bottle of rum ♫”