Author: linxit

8:09 solved online, so fairly straightforward for me. Some UK-specific GK required (e.g. 25, 26) and a bit of ornithology too, but the wordplay made them all gettable I think. Across 1 Abraham in square … Read more “Saturday Times 26442 (18th June)”

22:22 for this one, where I struggled to get on the setter’s wavelength, although as it was at the end of a 72-hour working week maybe tiredness was also a factor. Or maybe it was … Read more “Saturday Times 26436 (11th June)”

16:43, which seemed like a good time for this one as there’s plenty of trickery here. There were enough anagrams to keep things moving though, including the excellent 5D (which took me a while to … Read more “Saturday Times 26430 (4th June)”

Still very fresh in my mind as I only got around to solving it on the train home on Thursday evening. 12:55, although it felt quicker at the time for some reason. Across 1 Some … Read more “Saturday Times 26424 (28th May)”

12:55 for this, solved from the paper for a change whilst sat inside hoping for the rain to stop (it didn’t). Only unknown was GALLIARD, but it was very easy to derive from wordplay, so … Read more “Saturday Times 26418 (21st May)”

Much tougher than the previous week – solved on paper in about 20 mins. Looked like it was going to be a pangram as I was solving it, but there was no Y or Z. … Read more “Saturday Times 26412 (14th May)”

Solving time 7:06, my fastest for a long time. As I mentioned in a comment earlier in the week, a double whammy of a rare clear head on a Saturday morning and time to solve … Read more “Saturday Times 26406 (7th May)”

16:49 for this one, so I must have found it on the tricky side. I can’t remember what held me up now though, seems pretty straightforward going through the clues again this morning. It was … Read more “Saturday Times 26400 (30th April).”