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How to make sure you don’t lose your Crossword Club only membership

linxit21st May 2013 at 11:44 PM10 September 2025Announcement

Latest news: These instructions are only valid for renewals up to the end of this month. On July 1st, no further Crossword Club renewals will be processed and all Worldpay agreements will be cancelled. This … Read more “How to make sure you don’t lose your Crossword Club only membership”

Saturday Times 25472 (11th May)

linxit18th May 2013 at 10:47 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Didn’t have time to finish this today, so look out for it later tonight. Actually I didn’t get back home till nearly midnight, but here it is eventually. Three cryptic definitions in the one puzzle … Read more “Saturday Times 25472 (11th May)”

Saturday Times 25466 (4th May)

linxit11th May 2013 at 7:19 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

This one went in fairly quickly until the last clue, 10ac. I agonised over that for about 10 minutes before putting in the answer as the best approximation I could think of, although in hindsight … Read more “Saturday Times 25466 (4th May)”

Saturday Times 25460 (27th April)

linxit4th May 2013 at 9:43 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 15:55 – looking at a sub-10 for a while, but I ran out of steam in the bottom half and limped home a bit. Sorry this is a bit brief, but I’m in … Read more “Saturday Times 25460 (27th April)”

Saturday Times 25454 (20th April)

linxit27th April 2013 at 2:16 PM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Thanks to Sarah and Marcos for stepping in for me for a couple of weeks. I’ve was too busy to even solve any puzzles then, let alone blog them, but I’ve just about caught up … Read more “Saturday Times 25454 (20th April)”

Saturday Times 25436 (30th March)

linxit6th April 2013 at 6:13 PM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Sorry for the delay in getting this posted, just didn’t have time yesterday. Anyway, great puzzle and quite tricky, around 25 minutes to solve. It looked like it was going to be a pangram as … Read more “Saturday Times 25436 (30th March)”

Saturday Times 25430 (23rd March)

linxit30th March 2013 at 11:30 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Fairly straightforward, most of it – I had it all finished except for 18ac in about 16 minutes, then took another 10 to get that one. No idea why I went blank for that, it … Read more “Saturday Times 25430 (23rd March)”

Saturday Times 25424 (16th March)

linxit23rd March 2013 at 6:36 PM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Sorry, PC problems have prevented me posting today. Following a hasty rebuild I should have it up later tonight. Well, that was the plan anyway, but I also managed to break my keyboard (and the … Read more “Saturday Times 25424 (16th March)”

Saturday Times 25418 (9th March)

linxit16th March 2013 at 7:34 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 16:16, figuring-out-all-the-wordplay time much longer! This was a really good puzzle, not too tricky but a few answers went in without full understanding. The setter hit a purple patch in the Downs, with … Read more “Saturday Times 25418 (9th March)”

Saturday Times 25388 (2nd Feb)

linxit9th March 2013 at 10:50 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Easiest Saturday puzzle for a long time, solved in 10:30. Would have been sub-ten too, but for 21dn (my COD), which I knew had to be DEFEND but took ages to see how it worked! … Read more “Saturday Times 25388 (2nd Feb)”