Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 32:17 This seemed quite a straightforward post-Christmas offering from Jeff. A reasonable number of easy starters, but a few slightly tougher ones as well. One or two words I wasn’t familiar with, like … Read more “Sunday Times 4622 (28 Dec 2014) by Jeff Pearce”

39:15. I wasn’t expecting a Jumbo when I opened this puzzle, and I might have waited for a better moment if I had known, because I was feeling decidedly under the weather. However having started … Read more “The Sunday Times Christmas crossword by Tim Moorey.”

A sluggish 23:33 for my last puzzle of the year, but it was another good one in a string of top quality Saturday puzzles I’ve blogged recently. I expect verlaine enjoyed it too, what with … Read more “Saturday Times 25980 (27th Dec)”

Solving time 26:00 exactly (although I might have added a couple of minutes to that myself). I got off to a fairly slow start, getting hardly any that crossed each other initially, so tried an … Read more “Saturday Times 25975 (20th Dec)”

Solving time: 52:00 Another excellent offering from Dean. A soupcon of seasonal cheer to boot. 13d had me laugh out loud and was easily my COD, but there were lots of other clues that deserve … Read more “Sunday Times 4620 (14 Dec 2014) by Dean Mayer”

Solving time 19:50 for this tricky puzzle (it took Magoo over 12 minutes, so it’s a time I’m quite pleased with). Lots of GK required, and some excellent surface misdirection. The NW corner was the … Read more “Saturday Times 25969 (13th Dec)”

13:16. A solid effort from Jeff Pearce this week. Most of it is fairly standard stuff, but there are one or two very neat clues. Not a desperately hard puzzle, but there’s nothing wrong with … Read more “Sunday Times 4619 by Jeff Pearce”

19:55, so a bit trickier than some recent Saturday puzzles (although it could have just been me – 4th one tackled on my Monday morning commute, and I was starting to flag a bit). Some … Read more “Saturday Times 25963 (6th Dec)”

Solving time: 34:54 Not Mr Moorey’s finest hour, in my opinion. The hidden word at 9a was glaringly obvious, and the one at 24a wasn’t much better, and the definition at 2d was just plain … Read more “Sunday Times 4618 (30 Nov 2014) by Tim Moorey”

All bar 1D solved in about 15 mins, but add another 10 on to that before I finished. I don’t even like apples (unless they’ve been turned into cider), and have never heard of that … Read more “Saturday Times 25957 (29th Nov)”