Author: linxit

Solving time 16:33. A very mixed bag consisting of a lot of very easy clues interspersed with some very hard ones with tortuous wordplay or obscure vocabulary. Still, there was a bit of science in … Read more “Saturday Times 24789 (5th March)”

No time noted down, but I think it was around a quarter of an hour. A strange puzzle though, with some easy clues interspersed with others that I couldn’t parse – obvious from the definition, … Read more “Saturday Times 24783 (Feb 26th)”

Solving time 24:20, which makes this one a bit harder than average. A really good puzzle though, full of inventive and witty definitions and clever wordplay – some of which I hadn’t worked out until … Read more “Saturday Times 24777 (19th Feb)”

Solving time 11:40, which seemed quite quick for me considering the number of clever clues. A wrong answer at 25 held me up for a minute in the SW corner, but my Tippex is too … Read more “Saturday Times 24771 (12th Feb)”

Solving time 11:46, and for a while I was hoping for sub-10 minutes. 1ac got me off to a flier as I got nearly all the Downs off it at first look, so the top … Read more “Saturday Times 24765 (5th Feb)”

I solved this on the train on the way to Derby last weekend for the first non-London Sloggers and Betters event. A fairly quick solve – approx 15 minutes including 2 or 3 at the … Read more “Saturday Times 24759 (29th Jan)”

No exact time for this one as I was interrupted after 5 minutes and didn’t pick it up again until the Tuesday morning commute. Most of it came out fairly quickly but I got bogged … Read more “Saturday Times 24753 (22nd Jan)”

I think this was about 25 minutes. I solved it on the train on Monday morning, but my mobile phone was dead so I didn’t have a stopwatch. Brilliant puzzle, and I attracted a few … Read more “Saturday Times 24747 (15th Jan)”