Solving time 13:18. Nothing too difficult here. One brilliant hidden reversal though, but pretty standard fare apart from that. Today’s is another kettle of fish entirely. Across 1 TRANSEPT – SEPT after TRA(i)N. 5 STOCKS … Read more “Saturday Times 24598 (July 24th)”
Author: linxit
Saturday Times 24592 (July 17th)
Solving time 12:38, one mistake. With the electricity out last weekend I had to go and buy the paper, but didn’t get round to solving it until the Sunday afternoon. Not being much of a … Read more “Saturday Times 24592 (July 17th)”
TLS 839 – close but no cigar
I came very close to solving this completely on the train without any help from books or Internet, but fell just 5 short. I fell foul of the almost weekly enumeration error at 8D, which … Read more “TLS 839 – close but no cigar”
Saturday Times 24586 (July 10th) – better late than never!
Sorry this is late, but I had major problems at the weekend, not least of which were a leaky immersion heater and a resultant power outage. The plumber couldn’t fix the leak on Saturday and … Read more “Saturday Times 24586 (July 10th) – better late than never!”
Saturday Times 24580 (July 3rd)
Solving time 26:32, so pretty tricky for me. When I saw the large number of multi-word entries I thought it would be a doddle, but that certainly wasn’t the case. 15dn was a new word … Read more “Saturday Times 24580 (July 3rd)”
TLS 837 (June 18th)
About two-thirds of it filled in before I had to start looking things up, but even though I completed it easily enough there are 4 or 5 answers put in without full (or any) understanding. … Read more “TLS 837 (June 18th)”
Saturday Times 24574 (June 26th)
Solving time 20:09 – should have been around 15 minutes but my mind went completely blank on 22D with ?A?O?Y. The only words I could even think of that fit were CANOPY and JALOPY, both … Read more “Saturday Times 24574 (June 26th)”
Saturday Times 24568 (June 19th)
Solving time 13:27. Not a great deal to say about this one. A few very good clues, a couple of minor niggles, pretty standard fare really. Across 1 HELL FOR LEATHER – HE’LL + (father … Read more “Saturday Times 24568 (June 19th)”
TLS 835 (June 4th)
I found this very tough, getting maybe half of it before resorting to the books, the half I did get being more guesswork than certain knowledge. Still, I managed to finish it eventually, although I … Read more “TLS 835 (June 4th)”
Saturday Times 24562 (12th June)
Solving time approx 15 minutes. There were some very good “container and contents” clues in this one, although 25% of one clue type is probably too many. I think there was a mistake in 1D, … Read more “Saturday Times 24562 (12th June)”