Author: linxit

Solving time – off the scale, and I made a mistake with 24ac. Probably around 45 minutes, but I’d stopped counting by then. I actually noticed the C-Nina after the first half-dozen clues went in … Read more “Saturday Times 25412 (2nd March) – C-C-C-Crikey!”

Solving time 12:26 for a fairly straightforward Saturday puzzle. Mark Goodliffe certainly found it so, clocking 4:57 on the Club timer, although he still only managed 36th place behind the neutrinos (club messageboard slang for … Read more “Saturday Times 25406 (23rd Feb)”

16:53 to solve, fairly straightforward apart from the one tricky bit of wordplay that I had to come back to. A few bits of British geography might have made it harder for overseas solvers though. … Read more “Saturday Times 25400 (16th Feb)”

Solving time not noted, think it was about 20 minutes. After a hectic week I didn’t get to this until Wednesday or Thursday on the train, and I remember struggling a bit on the top … Read more “Saturday Times 25394 (9th Feb)”

No time for this one as I solved it on the train but my phone was dead so I had no stopwatch. Around the 20-minute mark though. Another very good puzzle, COD for me 10ac. … Read more “Saturday Times 25382 (26th Jan)”

Solving time 13:41, so on the easy side for a Saturday. Some good clues though, my favourites being 1dn and 23ac, and for once a cryptic definition also deserves a mention at 25ac. Across 1 … Read more “Saturday Times 25376 (19th Jan)”

Solving time 16:16. Pretty good puzzle, with generally very good surface readings (although in a couple of clues this was at the expense of the cryptic indications). Across 1 BORDERLESS – ORDER (number of nuns) … Read more “Saturday Times 25370 (12th Jan)”

Solving time 12:56. First Saturday puzzle of 2013, and it’s a largely straightforward solve apart from a couple of very intricate bits of wordplay to unpick (I’m thinking of 3D and 8D). Across 1 TUMBLEDOWN … Read more “Saturday Times 25364 (5th Jan)”