Author: linxit

19:55, so a bit trickier than some recent Saturday puzzles (although it could have just been me – 4th one tackled on my Monday morning commute, and I was starting to flag a bit). Some … Read more “Saturday Times 25963 (6th Dec)”

All bar 1D solved in about 15 mins, but add another 10 on to that before I finished. I don’t even like apples (unless they’ve been turned into cider), and have never heard of that … Read more “Saturday Times 25957 (29th Nov)”

Pretty easy one for a Saturday last week, solved in 11:30 despite being held up for a couple of minutes at the end by 11ac and 8dn. However, looking at the stats on the Crossword … Read more “Saturday Times 25951 (22nd Nov)”

Good puzzle, no solving time noted as I was just looking at it in bits and pieces last week while working on the computer. A couple of unknowns for me (BRIDGE ROLL, the required meaning … Read more “Saturday Times 25945 (15th Nov)”

Solving time 12:05, so quite a gentle offering for a Saturday with a very helpful grid providing a lot of checked letters in some places. Not much else to say about this one, so straight … Read more “Saturday Times 25939 (8th Nov)”

Solving time 21:50, which I was quite pleased with in the circumstances, as several people had mentioned how tricky it was last week. There were a few other problems to overcome though – and the … Read more “Saturday Times 25933 (1st Nov) – or should that be 1st April?”

Finally got round to solving this on the train on Wednesday, and it was pretty straightforward for a Saturday, knocked out in a fairly leisurely 12:50. Some general knowledge required, but nothing too arcane. The … Read more “Saturday Times 25927 (25th Oct)”

Times Championship day, when the puzzle (it always seems to me) is extra-hard just to rattle the competitors before the main event. For a change, not wanting to be rattled, and because I was driving … Read more “Saturday Times 25921 (18th October)”