Author: linxit

Wow, that was sort of a stinker and sort of not. I solved it last Sunday on paper but had numerous interruptions, as I was on call and got called a lot! Maybe 30 mins … Read more “Saturday Times 26592 (10th December)”

Solving time 16:05, which seemed a bit slow until I saw some of the times on the Crossword Club stats. It felt even slower to me as I was stuck on the last 3 or … Read more “Saturday Times 26586 (3rd Dec)”

Solving time 12:30, so on the easier side. There were a few very easy clues in amongst this lot, e.g. 1D, 29A – and a few that could be written in fairly confidently without having … Read more “Saturday Times 26580 (26th Nov)”

It’s ok, I haven’t forgotten about it today. I had it half-finished about 8:00 this morning when I got an urgent message from work asking for help, and then I had to go out at … Read more “Saturday Times 26574 – please be patient!”

I forgot to note down my solving time for this, but it was probably around 14-15 mins. The setter must be a bit of a film buff, as we can see two Schwarzenegger films (True … Read more “Saturday Times 26568 (12th Nov)”

Solving time 11:04, which felt a bit sluggish at the time, and proved so when I saw the online stats – Jason was under 5 min, Verlaine just a fraction over 6 and 100th place … Read more “Saturday Times 26562 (5th Nov) – not many fireworks here though”

Sorry, something’s come up and I won’t be able to post a blog this weekend. Not on time anyway, may get to it Sunday evening at the earliest. If someone can help out I’ll be … Read more “Saturday Times 26556 (placeholder)”

Solving time 14:25. I vaguely remember struggling over some of the parsing while solving but I remembered it all OK this morning. I’ve sort of run out of time now though so here it is … Read more “Saturday Times 26550 (22nd Oct)”

13:40 on a printout, but with one silly error. I put BUTTING IN at 19ac before I had any checkers (not that it would have made any difference), meaning to go back to it and … Read more “Saturday Times 26544 (15th Oct)”