Category: Weekend Cryptic

There’s a good number of that kind of clue here, along with similar ones where the parts just aren’t presented in consecutive order. A charade is usually the last thing I look for…

This was a par Saturday puzzle. It was all solvable, although not everything was smooth sailing.

7:25. Pretty gentle stuff from Robert this week, but the usual collection of concise and elegant clues with pristine surfaces. Lovely. As usual the top and bottom rows constitute a delightfully awful pun. Definitions are … Read more “Sunday Times 5192 by Robert Price”

Another Saturday that contrasted nicely with the Fierce Friday on the day before.

I felt at times that this one pushed the envelope, and am curious about the other solvers’ experiences.

Smurfs are blue. I was sunny – a Saturday of my favourite kind.

11:08. A puzzle of two halves…

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.