Category: Other Crosswords

This is a weekly unofficial contest based on your times for the Times cryptic crossword from Saturday to Friday. I’m harbouring hopes for my first win this week after Mark G told me that he’d … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 6 – your times please”

Mark Goodliffe wins the mini-championship by a country mile this week, but there were fewer mistakes than in the previosu couple of weeks and some close contests, with the margins between Sabine and Tony, and … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 5 – results”

(This is a weekly unofficial contest based on your times for the Times cryptic crossword from Saturday to Friday.) At last I can log a set of all-correct times adding up to less than an … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 5 – your times please”

Mark Goodliffe returns from holiday in sparkling form to win the championship scoring by over 20 minutes.  Tony Sever grabs second mainly by virtue of a good time for the tough Saturday puzzle.   In the RTC … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 4 – results”

This week’s changes – nothing except a plea to follow the exact formatting – no extra commas, and all the zeroes, with colons between them. The rest of this post is the same as before, … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 4 – your times please”

Jason wins both contests in another week of mixed fortunes. Two battle-hardened veterans take second and third in the mini-championship after avoiding the various errors – especially on the tricky SATORI and THEMED in 23668.  … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 3 – results”

This week’s changes – formatting your times: To save me a bit of time getting data into my spreadsheet, a comma after your name and HH:MM:SS format would be really nice. (One day I’ll work … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 3 – your times please”

In a week when even some of the most hardened competitors made mistakes, Jason kept his head to win the mini-championship despite spending close to half of the total time on one puzzle. the_od was … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 2 – results”

Special information for this week: 5D in 23663: On the basis of Google searches, if you had GARBAGE BAG instead of GARBAGE CAN, you can count it as a right answer for this competition. I’m … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 2 – your solving times please”

With consistently good times for the mid-week puzzles that slowed most people down, this was an easy win for Mark Goodliffe who wins the inaugural star.  Yours truly did consistently badly with these three, and … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 1 – results”