Solving time 13:04, another in an increasingly long string of fairly easy Saturday puzzles (today’s took a bit longer, but that was me being dim rather than puzzle being any tougher).A fair bit of literary … Read more “Saturday Times 24209 (25 April)”
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Times Saturday 24203 (18th April)
Solving time 13:33, another pretty straightforward puzzle for a Saturday (not that I’m complaining, it ‘s made a nice change the last couple of weeks). I got the two long across answers straight away, which … Read more “Times Saturday 24203 (18th April)”
Saturday Times 24197 (11th April)
Solving time 14:40, so about average. This was a puzzle of fits and starts for me, where I got off to a good start, then stuck completely for a while, then raced to the finish. … Read more “Saturday Times 24197 (11th April)”
Saturday Times 24191 (4th April)
Solving time 29:00. This was a pretty challenging puzzle with some excellent clues, but also a few obscure words. I managed to finish it just inside the half-hour which is normally my cut-off point before … Read more “Saturday Times 24191 (4th April)”
Saturday Times 24185 (28th March)
Solving time 10:46, and should really have been sub 10 minutes. I remember having three or four unconnected clues left at the end which should have gone in right away but didn’t. 25D SHOT was … Read more “Saturday Times 24185 (28th March)”
Jumbo 805 (21st March)
Didn’t record a time, but it was around the half-hour mark (however long it took my train to get from Euston to Milton Keynes on Wednesday night). Still, as I solved it only a couple … Read more “Jumbo 805 (21st March)”
Saturday Times 24179 (Mar 21)
A gentle 12:22 for this, one of the easier Saturday puzzles (although I found today’s even easier – maybe we should expect a real stinker next week). One dodgy definition (13D), a brilliant anagram (2D), … Read more “Saturday Times 24179 (Mar 21)”
Saturday Times 24173 (Mar 14th)
Solving time 15:14, so about par for the course again. 21D was the obscure vocabulary of the day, but it’s a regular in barred puzzles (and came up last week somewhere), so no problems there. … Read more “Saturday Times 24173 (Mar 14th)”
Saturday Times 24167 (Mar 7th)
Solving time 14:55, about par for me. I really enjoyed this, full of excellent witty definitions and smooth surfaces. A couple of clues I found a bit dodgy, but they don’t detract from it too … Read more “Saturday Times 24167 (Mar 7th)”
Saturday Times 24161 (28th Feb)
Solving time 27:40. As dorsetjimbo said in a comment to the previous week’s puzzle, this one was “a different kettle of fish”. Very tricky in places, and at the end I put the last few … Read more “Saturday Times 24161 (28th Feb)”