Today I was in Colchester for the day while William had some motorcycle training. I don't think I'd ever been in the city before except when passing through on the train to and from London. While there I did this short walk around the ancient city walls and gates.
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 2020, 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.
This time it is my turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic crossword, Number 82 in the series, entitled "On Your Head Be It". As usual, there is a bit of a hint in the title to some thematic answers.
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 are welcome 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. You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here.
After William's Graduation on Friday, we left York on Saturday and drove to Clitheroe,
Today William graduated as a BSc in Economics and Maths from the University of York.
We're going to visit Dawn's sister Jilly and her husband Ian this weekend so I thought I'd do another batch of gin so I can take them some.
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 2020, 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.
This time it is Sawbill's turn to provide the fortnightly Weekend Quick Cryptic crossword, Number 81 in the series.
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 are welcome 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. You can find an index to the complete series of crosswords here.
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Today we had a lovely circular walk starting from Lavenham via Brent Eleigh and Preston St. Mary. ..
Today was the first Thursday of the month and so time for the monthly walk of the Bury St. Edmunds U3A Longer Walks group. This time it was Tim's turn to lead.
Today Dawn was on strike and after picket line duty she came home and suggested we all go for a walk. Well it was forecast to be a lovely day up to early afternoon so I suggested we take a trip to Newbourne for a morning walk followed by lunch at The Fox Inn.
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