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Times Jumbo 709 (Sat July 21)

linxit3rd August 2007 at 9:42 PM10 September 2025Jumbo Cryptic

Solving time – 23:36 I’m not 100% sure, but I think this is my fastest time for the Jumbo since I started timing myself. Usually there are a few tricky clues or obscure words but … Read more “Times Jumbo 709 (Sat July 21)”

Times 23667

linxit31st July 2007 at 12:56 PM10 September 2025Daily Cryptic

Solving time 20:10 I don’t think the puzzle was a 20-minute difficulty one for me, but I solved it at 7:00 this morning and my head was still full of cobwebs. It took far too … Read more “Times 23667”

Times Saturday 23659 (July 21)

linxit28th July 2007 at 1:23 PM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time – 14:08 Sorry about the briefness of today’s post, but I haven’t got much time, so just brief clue explanations I’m afraid. Across 1 M,IS,MAT,CH – CH = “Companion of Honour” 5 NIPPER … Read more “Times Saturday 23659 (July 21)”

Times Saturday 23653 (July 14)

linxit21st July 2007 at 7:35 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 10:46 Not too much difficulty here for a Saturday puzzle, and I would have gone under 10 minutes but for spending a while trying to decide what the first letter of 21ac should … Read more “Times Saturday 23653 (July 14)”

Times Saturday 23647 (July 7) – brilliant!

linxit13th July 2007 at 7:19 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time – about 40 mins over two sessions. This was a quite brilliant puzzle which even had a thread dedicated to it at the Crossword Centre, so I feel obliged to put up a … Read more “Times Saturday 23647 (July 7) – brilliant!”

Times Saturday 23641 (June 30)

linxit8th July 2007 at 6:05 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 15:25 Just a quick report this week – I’ve had ADSL problems (again!) and the hard disk of my main PC died too, so it’s been a busy and frustrating weekend. Across 1 … Read more “Times Saturday 23641 (June 30)”

Times Saturday 23635 (23 June)

linxit1st July 2007 at 8:50 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: > 1 hour! Wow, I found this really difficult! I printed it off on Monday to solve at work, and got about half done in the time I had to look at it. … Read more “Times Saturday 23635 (23 June)”

Times Saturday 23629 (16th June)

linxit25th June 2007 at 9:36 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

I had a complete Internet outage last week due to a number of problems (BT work at the exchange mainly, but then they changed my connection protocol without telling me. It seemed to be connecting … Read more “Times Saturday 23629 (16th June)”

Times Saturday 23623 – the train takes the strain!

linxit16th June 2007 at 10:17 AM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 6 or 7 mins. I solved this on the train down from Coventry to Euston last Saturday. I don’t know what it is about trains, but my solving skills are always greatly improved … Read more “Times Saturday 23623 – the train takes the strain!”

Times Saturday 23617

linxit10th June 2007 at 1:53 PM10 September 2025Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 15:59 I got off to a slow start with this one, putting only 3 or 4 answers in on my first run through the clues. I got 1dn wrong at first too, which … Read more “Times Saturday 23617”