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Sunday Times 4454 (9 Oct 2011)

daveperry16th October 2011 at 9:12 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 9:32 – My first ever foray into sub-10 minute territory, certainly at least since the introduction of the online timer, but probably ever. As my time suggests, I found this a breeze, with … Read more “Sunday Times 4454 (9 Oct 2011)”

Times Jumbo 945 (1 Oct 2011)

daveperry15th October 2011 at 9:57 PM10 September 2025Jumbo Cryptic

Time: None recorded as I left it at one point and forgot to pause, so when I came back the time was up to about 6 hours. I think it was probably somewhere in the … Read more “Times Jumbo 945 (1 Oct 2011)”

Times 24980

daveperry14th October 2011 at 2:04 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: about 45 minutes, with a break in the middle to wake myself up a bit. It’s too late at night for me to go into any great detail about how I found it, … Read more “Times 24980”

Sunday Times 4453 (2 Oct 2011)

daveperry9th October 2011 at 10:40 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 1hr 13min I really struggled to get on Tim Moorey’s wavelength with this one. I didn’t find it very satisfying, and I seemed to have quibbles about a number of the answers. I … Read more “Sunday Times 4453 (2 Oct 2011)”

Sunday Times 4452 (25 Sep 2011)

daveperry2nd October 2011 at 10:25 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 41:30 I only got round to attempting this yesterday, so I was still a bit under the weather which may have affected my time a little. It felt slightly on the hard side … Read more “Sunday Times 4452 (25 Sep 2011)”

Times 24968

daveperry30th September 2011 at 1:20 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

I can’t offer a solving time, I’m afraid. I’m feeling rather under the weather with a streaming cold. I stared at it for 30-40 mins last night, but I was too tired to give it … Read more “Times 24968”

Sunday Times 4451 (18 Sep 2011)

daveperry25th September 2011 at 3:11 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 27:55 A bit of light relief after last week’s marathon. But then, I usually find Jeff Pearce’s contributions more to my personal taste. Again we see that the ST has no qualms about … Read more “Sunday Times 4451 (18 Sep 2011)”

Sunday Times 4450 (11 Sep 2011)

daveperry18th September 2011 at 11:38 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: About two and a half hours over as many days. A huge struggle this week. For quite a while I didn’t think I was going to be able to finish it at all. … Read more “Sunday Times 4450 (11 Sep 2011)”

Times 24956

daveperry16th September 2011 at 1:57 AM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 57:12, but it was late, and I was feeling particularly drowsy. My brain didn’t start working until about 20 minutes in when I finished two-thirds of the grid in about 15 minutes. Then … Read more “Times 24956”

Sunday Times 4449 (4 Sep 2011)

daveperry11th September 2011 at 2:50 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 52:23 A little on the tricky side, I thought, but a lot of really rather neat clues. 6a, 19 & 22 were all good, and 21 raised a smile, but 27 was the … Read more “Sunday Times 4449 (4 Sep 2011)”