Author: linxit

Finally got around to solving this on Thursday evening after work,and it took around 12 minutes or so. Nothing too difficult, although a few look harder on first sight – then you figure out which … Read more “Saturday Times 26634 – 28th Jan”

Solvng time 16:48. Found this one hard to get into, solved mostly from the bottom up. Looking back at it this morning I’m not sure why – they all seem pretty straightforward apart from a … Read more “Saturday Times 26628 (21st Jan)”

Solved in 14:00 exactly on the clock, so pretty standard fare for a Saturday. I have a quibble about 5ac, but really enjoyed 26ac and 20dn – extra marks for originality. Across 1 Vehicle getting … Read more “Saturday Times 26622 (14th Jan)”

Sorry it’s late today, nearly done by 9am but then an emergency Skype from work meant I had to drop everything and attend to that (especially as it was indirectly my fault last night!). Back … Read more “Saturday Times 26616 (7th Jan) – the Importance of Knowing One’s Wilde and Doyle”

This was a really good puzzle, and I wish my blog could do better justice to it. I think it took me around 20 minutes, on the train home sometime in the week. The good … Read more “Saturday Times 26610 – New Year’s Eve Cracker”

I had a pretty much crossword-free Christmas for various reasons, and didn’t get around to this one until Thursday evening. The brain must have been quite fresh though, because after a very slow start (only … Read more “Saturday Times 26604 (Christmas Eve)”

A leisurely unhurried 10:33 on a print-out so this was definitely at the easy end of the spectrum. Mostly very straightforward wordplay so not too much to say about it below. Hats off to the … Read more “Saturday Times 26598 (17th Dec)”