Author: linxit

12:59 for this, but then it wasn’t as hard as most Saturday offerings. It also felt a bit disjointed and unedited. How else can you explain the appearance of 7 double definitions, when the usual … Read more “Saturday Times 24102 (Dec 20th)”

Solving time 13:56, which I was quite pleased with as there were a few tricky clues here that I put in as guesses which turned out to be right. A very enjoyable puzzle to solve, … Read more “Saturday Times 24096 (Dec 13)”

24:57 – another tough Saturday, although looking through it again now I can’t remember where I got stuck. One thing is for sure though – there’s plenty of tricky wordplay to explain. Across 1 HIAWATHA … Read more “Saturday Times 24090 (Dec 6th)”

Solving time 12:39, which felt really quick for quite a tricky puzzle. For once I seemed to be on the setter’s wavelength from the beginning, although there were more than the usual number of easy … Read more “Saturday Times 24084 (29th Nov)”

Solving time 20:10. This was another in an increasingly long stretch of brilliant Saturday crosswords, probably the most enjoyable to solve yet for me. There was a lot of Brit slang in it though, so … Read more “Saturday Times 24078 (Nov 22) – another belter”

Solving time 14:59 Another very good Saturday puzzle, in a fairly long run of them. I was pretty pleased with my time too, as after six minutes I only had 2D and 18A in, but … Read more “Saturday Times 24072 (Nov 15th)”

Another very good Saturday puzzle, in the category of “tough but fair”. I didn’t note down my time for some reason, but remember it being around 17 mins or so. Across 1 UPSHOT – cryptic … Read more “Saturday Times 24066 (Nov 8th)”

No solving time noted down this week – I had 15 minutes to spare before going out last Saturday, after which I was less than half way through it. When I got back I needed … Read more “Saturday Times 24060 (1st Nov)”