Author: linxit

Blimey, that was a tough one! About 45 minutes for me, hindered by carelessly sticking A GOGO in at 10ac early on, but got there in the end without resorting to the books. Luckily I … Read more “Saturday Times 25329 (24th Nov)”

Apologies for the lateness of this – I ended up pulling an all-nighter and most of yesterday and was too tired to do the blog afterwards. But here it is – solving time 14:53, very … Read more “Saturday Times 25323 (17th Nov) – better late than never!”

Solving time 16:38, so about average for a Saturday puzzle. I don’t have a lot of time again this morning, so I’ve had to keep it fairly brief. I was a bit surprised that 14D … Read more “Saturday Times 25317 (10th Nov)”

Solving time about 35 minutes, but I didn’t really time myself. This was one to savour, and it’s a shame I’m a bit pushed for time this morning and had to rush the second half … Read more “Saturday Times 25311 (3rd Nov)”

Solving time 11:29, even after having only 2dn in after the first two minutes, so once I’d woken up that has to qualify as one of the easiest Saturday puzzles of the year. As usual, … Read more “Saturday Times 25305 (27th Oct)”

Solving time – not sure, around 25-30 minutes. I stopped the clock to take a phone call after 10 minutes and forgot to restart it again afterwards. As always on Championship day, this was a … Read more “Saturday Times 25299 (20th Oct)”

Solving time 20:28 – should’ve been a bit quicker but I carelessly bunged in SADDLE BAG for 15D, which really threw me and stopped me getting the two long answers for a few minutes. Apart … Read more “Saturday Times 25293 (13th Oct)”

Solving time – a sluggish 20:55, although as usual going back over it a week later I can’t remember what slowed me down or why. Still, there were a few with tricky wordplay in amongst … Read more “Saturday Times 25287 (6th Oct)”

19:37 for this one. I got off to a horribly slow start, as I just couldn’t get my mind to think cryptically at first, and every clue I looked at seemed like so much gobbledygook. … Read more “Saturday Times 25281 (29th Sept)”

Solving time 15:28, so fairly straightforward considering it’s a pangram, as they are often quite tricky. As I had a bit of time on my hands today, I’ve decided to introduce a small innovation that … Read more “Saturday Times 25275 (22nd Sept)”