Category: Weekend Cryptic

10:44. Once again I have left it very late to blog this one so I don’t remember much about my solving experience… other than that I enjoyed it. I should really try harder to write … Read more “Sunday Times 4906 by David McLean”

It took me a long time to get on the setter’s wavelength. Once I did, they had me chuckling, starting with 17dn and 17ac. My clue of the day was clearly the kettle lady at … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27684 – Saturday, 6 June 2020. A game of two halves.”

(The actual title of the 2003 Bob Dylan film directed by Larry Charles is a bit redundant, methinks.) With a long one going in early on and only one slightly unusual word here, this was … Read more “Sunday Times No 4905, by Robert Price — Masked and Antonymous”

This was fairly easy for a Saturday; two weeks in a row. Even so, my first one in was wrong and had to be fixed later! I also had a few general knowledge gaps. I’d … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27678 – Saturday, 30 May 2020. Sunshine and sweet treats.”

27:36. A blinder of a puzzle from Dean this week. Tough, but very enjoyable. Loads of great clues in here but without doubt 17dn is the pick of the bunch for me. Brilliant! So thank … Read more “Sunday Times 4904 by Dean Mayer”

This was fairly easy for a Saturday. It was distinguished by some very clever anagram indicators that took me time to see, and some clever usages I had to look at twice. LOI was 9ac, … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27672 – Saturday, 23 May 2020.”

Well, this one gave me a bit to think about. Although there are a couple clues, right next to each other, whose construction I found unusual (a rather goofy &lit that may cast aspersions on … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic No 4903 by David McLean — Sneaking suspicions”

My brain was in a fog, so my solving time was off the chart. Nothing to do with COVID, thankfully! The puzzle wasn’t easy, but I don’t think there’s anything that should frighten the horses … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27666 – Saturday, 16 May 2020. The mellow mists of May.”

8:46. A pretty straightforward one from Bob this week, but highly enjoyable with lots of concise and inventive clues. Nothing obscure or difficult, just good clean fun. 12dn appeared in almost identical form in one … Read more “Sunday Times 4902 by Robert Price”

Well, is 8dn a thundering good clue, or am I thunderstruck? I can make no sense of the definition, so I suspect there’s a British usage I’m not familiar with. If you know anything, please … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27660 – Saturday, 9 May 2020. Donner und Blitzen!”