Well, I think we had a very successful week, considering the short notice and influx of new bloggers. In fact that “considering” seems inappropriate – it was just a very good week of blogs, with … Read more “Quick Cryptic blogging (Week 2)”
Author: linxit
Saturday Times 25729 (8th March)
Unusually for me I solved this on the Saturday at home, rather than on the train on Monday or Tuesday as usual, and got it done in 13:09. A mixture of easy and difficult, just … Read more “Saturday Times 25729 (8th March)”
Quick Cryptic blogging
So far we have the following volunteers to blog the new Quick Cryptic: ianb21, jackkt, mohn2, nick_the_novice, william_j_s, macavity123 and allan_sidcup. From what I’ve heard it’s initially going to be only Mon-Fri, and may or … Read more “Quick Cryptic blogging”
Saturday Times 25723 (1st March) – and lots of opportunities for new bloggers.
Solving time 16:44, quite tricky in places with a couple of unexpected partial words (BIOG, IMPROV), but nothing too obscure and I should have been quicker than that. Now then, I was surprised to read … Read more “Saturday Times 25723 (1st March) – and lots of opportunities for new bloggers.”
Saturday Times 25717 (22nd Feb)
Solved in 15:44, so about average in difficulty. I didn’t realise until I came to do the blog, but there’s a long run of double definitions and semi-cryptic double definitions in the middle of the … Read more “Saturday Times 25717 (22nd Feb)”
Saturday Times 25711 (15th Feb)
Getting there, but I’m on call today. Thought I’d have an easy day of it but got called out half an hour before I was due to start and only just finished with it! Still, … Read more “Saturday Times 25711 (15th Feb)”
Saturday Times 25705 (8th Feb)
Solving time 22:15, so on the tricky side for me. A bit late posting today as I was up half the night, and also out earlier sweeping tiles from the street which had still been … Read more “Saturday Times 25705 (8th Feb)”
Saturday Times 25699 (1st Feb) – 11 12, and a Happy Retirement!
A rare Nina in the cryptic, i.e. GOODBYE RICHARD in 11 and 12 across, and I’m sure we all wish the outgoing editor Richard Browne all the best for a happy retirement, and the new … Read more “Saturday Times 25699 (1st Feb) – 11 12, and a Happy Retirement!”
Saturday Times 25693 (25th Jan)
Quite a tricky one, this, especially (for me) the bottom left corner. Solved in about 20 minutes, with quite a few solved from the definition and crossing letters. I only sorted out the cryptic parsing … Read more “Saturday Times 25693 (25th Jan)”
Saturday Times 25687 (18th Jan)
Solving time 16:03, although that was without full parsing of some of the clues. Some very convoluted wordplay in this one, e.g. 1ac, 9ac, 25ac, 4dn, 14dn. Despite that the surface readings all made perfect … Read more “Saturday Times 25687 (18th Jan)”