Click here to read about the origin of this series of crosswords.
A brief history of the origins of these crosswords for those who are new to them. As a blogger of the Times Quick Cryptic Crossword on Times for The Times every other Friday, I often had comments on the blog bemoaning that The Times only provides a Quick Cryptic on Mondays to Fridays. When I finally gave up work at the end of February 2020, I decided that I would try my hand at compiling crosswords. It was with some trepidation that I published, in May, the first of these Weekend Quick Cryptics to fill the gap. Well it seemed to go down well so I did another. And then my fellow crossword solver and commenter on Times for the Times, Phil Jordan, volunteered to produce some too. And then, more recently, so did Sawbill. So now the three of us take turns, publishing each new crossword via my Friday Quick Crossword blog. You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here.
This time it is Sawbill's turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick
Cryptic crossword.
You can try and solve the crossword interactively here on MyCrossword or here on crossword.info. As usual you can download a PDF to print which you can find here. Alternatively you can copy and print the image below. Comments and queries welcome here or with the solution post (which also gives tips on some of the clues). I will react to any comments or queries there as soon as I can.
Thoroughly enjoyed this QC which I managed in 14:18 which means that from my point of view it is set just right. Thank you for providing it, Sawbill! MM
ReplyDeleteFOI: 1d ALE
LOI: 16d AT ONCE
COD: EPITAPH.... because I like IKEA clues... but there were lots of other contenders
Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it.
DeleteThanks Sawbill (and John) - that was fun. I particularly liked 1a 22a and 4d but my favourite was 5d (I won't mention the answers in case anyone sees this before solving) Not sure of the time as I was indeed cooking, steaming and heating simultaneously �� PennyB
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback Penny. Glad you enjoyed it.
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