21:36. A tricky one from Dean this week, with a few quirks.
Category: Weekend Cryptic
Times Cryptic 29208 – Sat, 19 April 2025.
Steady as she goes. Nothing to put us off here.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5159 by David McLean — hard cheese
This wasn’t my favorite Harry puzzle, though it has its moments—including a (flawless!) &lit.
Times Cryptic 29202 – Sat, 12 April 2025. Poetry the notion
The poetic qualities of 2dn went over my head, I’m afraid! Still, fun to sort it out.
Sunday Times 5158 by Robert Price
10:02. I found this a lot of fun to solve.
Times Cryptic 29196 – 4 April 2025. Obscure Saturday.
DNF. It was that sort of day
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5157 by Dean Mayer — ¡Viva Panamá!
This was a spring zephyr—really a breeze—still quite entertaining for all of the ease.
Times Cryptic 29190 – Sat, 29 March 2025. In italics, you say?
Mostly straightforward.
Sunday Times 5156 by David McLean – read between the lines
9:51. This was a steady solve, largely uneventful but 1ac certainly raised a smile.
Times Cryptic 29184 – Sat, 22 March 2025. Swatted away.
I found this fairly easy going, in contrast to the Friday Fright the day before.