Category: Weekend Cryptic

I sweated a bit over this.

One clue stretched my general knowledge. Otherwise a typical Saturday.

13:47. A nicely chewy one from Harry this week.

You’ll go faster on this one if you just biff in the likely answers and don’t sweat the tricky parsing.

These succinct clues deploy deviously subtle tricks to hide the definitions and blend the wordplay into seamless surfaces.

Eating and drink made a good showing in this one. Little by the way of obscure general knowledge, happily.

11:25. The usual high quality from Dean this week.

Some very nice clues here. Thanks, setter!

The presence of three (3!) homophone clues distinguishes this worthy offering as much as anything else.

A few interesting and unfamiliar words here, including one I didn’t realise came from Cockney Rhyming Slang.