Category: Weekend Cryptic

This puzzle asked us to reverse letters many times. 

This was delightful! I was perplexed at the threshold of many clues, but never in the dark for too long.

It is sometimes suggested that the clues at the end are easier than the early ones, for some reason. Certainly, with this puzzle, my eye fell on the last across clue, and from there I flew through the SE corner. Overall a quick solve, apart from the limerick writer.

15:15. A somewhat tricky one from Robert this week.

This was a delight, but a challenge. Clever wordplay fitting smoothly into the surface readings of the clues, uncommon words, slippery definitions!

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.