Russel John (a.k.a. Kororareka) has decided to hang up his blogging boots due to pressure of work, so we now have a vacancy for an every-other-Monday spot. Russel’s last blog will be next Monday, 30th … Read more “Monday Blog Vacancy”
Author: linxit
Saturday Times 25215 (14th July)
Solving tme 12:06, so quite an easy one this week. I still managed to make a mess of one though, putting in TWO FOR TEA at 14dn at first. Apologies for the brevity – time … Read more “Saturday Times 25215 (14th July)”
Saturday Times 25209 (7th July)
Just remembered I’ve got to take the car in for its MOT this morning, so I don’t have time for the blog, which will probably now appear either late afternoon or evening. Update: we went … Read more “Saturday Times 25209 (7th July)”
Saturday Times 25203 (30th June)
No time recorded, as I solved it in a number of 5-minute snatches over a busy weekend. Probably just over 20 minutes, but it would have been a lot quicker if I hadn’t thrown in … Read more “Saturday Times 25203 (30th June)”
Saturday Times 25197 (23rd June)
Solving time 9:29, definitely on the easy side as I don’t dip below 10 minutes very often these days. The first 6 acrosses went straight in with hardly any hesitation – in fact the whole … Read more “Saturday Times 25197 (23rd June)”
Saturday Times 25191 (16th June)
A fairly average 14:13 for me, although I got off to quite a slow start and was surprised how little time had passed when I stopped the clock. Other times I think I’ve raced through … Read more “Saturday Times 25191 (16th June)”
Saturday Times 25185 (9th June)
A fairly average 15:13 for this, would probably have been faster if I was concentrating harder. Unusually for me, I solved this on Saturday – usually I don’t have much time at the weekend and … Read more “Saturday Times 25185 (9th June)”
Saturday Times 25179 (2nd June)
No solving time this week as I could only get the odd 5 minutes here and there at it. Quite tricky though, and 17ac was unknown to me and had to wait for most of … Read more “Saturday Times 25179 (2nd June)”
Times Saturday 25173 (26th May)
Solving time 7:48. Well, they don’t come much easier than that, especially on a Saturday! Having said that, I don’t think this was a bad puzzle. There weren’t any bad clues, and the few bits … Read more “Times Saturday 25173 (26th May)”
Saturday Times 25167 (19th May)
Solving time 25:05, and another real treat on a Saturday morning. There were a lot of tricky clues, with the fiendish 19ac probably the pick of them. There were a few complaints on the forum … Read more “Saturday Times 25167 (19th May)”