Category: Weekend Cryptic

Oh dear. My personal crosswording bugbear is when an obscure word is clued in a way that makes it impossible to get the answer with certainty if you don’t know said obscure word, and in … Read more “Sunday Times 4607 by Jeff Pearce: roll the dice”

Very easy puzzle for a Saturday, solved on Monday between Waterloo and Clapham Junction with a massive hangover (it took me half an hour to do Rufus in the Guardian that day). So, practically every … Read more “Saturday Times 25891 (13th Sep)”

Solving Time: About 35 minutes I rattled through most of this quite quickly, although the last few were a little more troublesome. 10a was definitely my COD, although 20a, 2d & 6d were all good … Read more “Sunday Times 4606 (7 Sep 2014) by Tim Moorey”

Solved in 24:05, in the paper for a change, while sitting outside Wilde’s Wine Bar in Leamington Spa over a pint of Palm (a Belgian pale ale, very nice). I found this quite tricky in … Read more “Saturday Times 25885 (6th September)”

Sorry for the tardiness of this. Went to a wedding Sunday lunch and only just recovered Tuesday lunchtime! I may have got away with it if it wasnt for the meddling kids otherwise known as … Read more “Jumbo 1106 – Saturday August 23rd”

8:59. When I sat down to solve this Mrs Keriothe had taken all the kids out for some reason or other, so I had a completely free half hour and a fresh pot of coffee. … Read more “Sunday Times 4605 by Dean Mayer”

Solving time – 11:55, so not a tricky puzzle but certainly a major accomplishment by the setter. The Times don’t often reveal the setter’s name, but I’d bank on this one being by 1ac 8dn, … Read more “Saturday Times 25879 (30th August) – a significant milestone!”

Solving Time: About 40 minutes Not too tricky with some good clues contained herein. I particularly liked 1a & 8d, but the misleading cryptic def at 13d gets my COD. cd = cryptic def., dd … Read more “Sunday Times 4604 (24 Aug 2014) by Jeff Pearce”

Solving time 18:30, so it must have been tricky in places. My leaky memory tells me most of the top half went in pretty quickly and I hit a wall further down, but going over … Read more “Saturday Times 25873 (23rd August)”

This took me 21:07 according to the club timer, but with one error, which turned out to be a really irritating one. I often find Tim Moorey’s puzzles a bit tricky for some reason, and … Read more “Sunday Times 4603 by Tim Moorey”