Category: Weekend Cryptic

18:47. Another very enjoyable puzzle from Dean. I thought this was a relatively gentle offering by his standards, but others seem to have found it a bit harder. Perhaps it helps that I’m of the … Read more “Sunday Times 4656 by Dean Mayer – The Sun Always Shines On Bill Withers”

Solving time 12:27, so another fairly gentle one (unlike this week’s, which was a half-hour monster which I submitted with an error). Anyway, I have to be elsewhere shortly, so without further ado here’s what … Read more “Saturday Times 26184 (22nd August)”

Quite a tricky offering, I thought. 27a was unknown to me, although the wordplay and cross checkers made it accessible (unless, like me, you had mysteriously slammed in Post at 23d!) Plenty of fun and … Read more “Sunday Times 4655 by Jeff Pearce”

Solving time 9:08! Wow, was I on form or what! I did this around 10:30am on Saturday morning, and was amazed to find myself leading the pack (excluding a few neutrinos) on the Times leaderboard. … Read more “Saturday Times 26178 (15th Aug) – blimey!”

I write this (or rather post it – I’ve been picking away at it all week) from Toronto Pearson airport, waiting for my flight home from holiday. So I’m feeling a bit glum, but I … Read more “Sunday Times 4654 by Tim Moorey – where’s Ralph?”

Solving time 26:37 on the club timer, which is slow for me but none of the usual speed merchants managed under 10 minutes so it was very tricky! I was doing okay at first but … Read more “Saturday Times 26172 (8th Aug) – not a piece of cake!”

Unravelling this little beauty was huge fun, and (at least for me) very challenging. I managed to get several runs on the board pretty quickly, giving me delusions that I was batting on a flat … Read more “Sunday Times 4653 by Dean Mayer – which art verily a ripper!”

Fairly straightforward puzzle solved in 12:46, although looking at the stats on the Club website there were a few regulars who struggled a bit with it. Maybe it’s just a wavelength thing – as in … Read more “Saturday Times 26166 (1st Aug)”

Greetings from Canada. I am writing this blog sitting by a lake listening to the call of the loons and sipping a glass of Rioja. Things could be worse. Solving conditions were rather less ideal, … Read more “Sunday Times 4652 by Jeff Pearce”

Apologies for the delay in posting. Solving time 13:22, solved online for a change and scraping onto the leaderboard in 100th place – although Magoo in 6:10 is probably the best genuine time in 68th … Read more “Saturday Times 26160 (25th July)”