11:25 for this one, solved online on the Sunday morning as I didn’t get a chance to do anything crossword-related last Saturday. This seemed to have a lot of GK in it – nearly half … Read more “Saturday Times 26394 (23rd April)”
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Saturday Times 26382 (9th April)
Solving time 11:25 online, which looks like a really good time going through the stats and seeing who took longer (after the usual six pages of neutrinos)! There was some discussion on whether 23D had … Read more “Saturday Times 26382 (9th April)”
Saturday Times 26376 (2nd April)
13:44 for this, which seemed about average until I looked at the stats on the Crossword Club and found that there were no genuine times under 10 minutes. Now having blogged it, I still can’t … Read more “Saturday Times 26376 (2nd April)”
Saturday Times 26370 (26 March)
No time for this, solved in the paper for a change over a leisurely pint. Probably no more than 15 minutes though, as it wasn’t too difficult. Very enjoyable solve though (apart from 3dn). Across … Read more “Saturday Times 26370 (26 March)”
Quick Cryptic Vacancy
Olivia’s off to her home in the wilderness this week (I’ve seen pictures, looks quite idyllic but there’s no Internet access), so will be unable to blog the Quickie for the next few months. So … Read more “Quick Cryptic Vacancy”
Saturday Times 26364 (19th March)
20:43 for this one, held up by DUFFEL confidently written in at 6ac! In fact there seemed to be a mini-theme based on 1ac going on here, what with SPENSERIAN (the master of mis-spelling) and … Read more “Saturday Times 26364 (19th March)”
Saturday Times 26358 (12th March)
9:39 for this one, solved online for a change (which always seems to knock at least 5 minutes off my solving time). Unfortunately I’ve run out of time to complete my blog so will have … Read more “Saturday Times 26358 (12th March)”
TLS Crossword – bloggers wanted
Peter Biddlecombe is now editing the TLS Crossword (he has been helping out for a while but now it’s official), and he’s asked me if we might start blogging it again. Myself and Tony Sever … Read more “TLS Crossword – bloggers wanted”
Saturday Times 26352 (5th March)
Solving time 14:42. Quite a mixed bag here, with literature and mythology well represented, but also a bit of sport, politics and science. A couple of relatively obscure words (I’m thinking DITHYRAMB and RATAFIA, which … Read more “Saturday Times 26352 (5th March)”
Saturday Times 26346 (27th Feb)
18:50 for this, which was quite tricky in places. The wordplay for 7dn and 26ac took some seeing (although 7dn was easily biffable). I found 16dn and 22dn harder than they should have been too. … Read more “Saturday Times 26346 (27th Feb)”