Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving Time: 21:01 I found this one something of a gentle stroll, albeit with a couple of unusual words at 1a & 11d. There seemed quite a few anagrams, most of which were quite easy … Read more “Sunday Times 4598 (13 Jul 2014) by Jeff Pearce”

I didn’t note my time for this one, but I remember getting stuck on a few odd ones – DISINHERIT, AQUILINE and FUNDRAISER were all slow to arrive, but SWAM was my LOI. Certainly harder … Read more “Saturday Times 25837 (12th July)”

13:49 on the club timer for this one, so a pretty straightforward puzzle. There are some unfamiliar bits and pieces in here – a musical instrument, a fish, an unusual plural form, a word that’s … Read more “Sunday Times 4597 (6 July) by Tim Moorey”

Sorry about the lateness of this, couldn’t be helped in the end. Anyway, a very easy Saturday, 9:14 for me. I missed the controversy which raged over 26ac on the forum, but had a typo … Read more “Saturday Times 25831 (5th July) – to bean or not to bean!”

Solving Time: Offline, about 25 minutes Quite an easy one by Dean’s standards, but enjoyable as always. Lots of natural surface readings. I’m not sure that 9d really works – surely an oath is a … Read more “Sunday Times 4596 (29 Jun 2014) by Dean Mayer”

Solving time 14:44, although would have been quicker if I hadn’t wasted a bit of time at the end trying to justify HURRICANE for 5dn! Mainly very straightforward wordplay peppered with a few obscurities (I’d … Read more “Saturday Times 25825 (28th June)”

Nice easy solve this one, did not know the ESPRIT in 54A, but the letters were there from the anagram. May well have struggled with 36D, had the same clue not come up recently, as … Read more “Jumbo 1096 – Saturday 14th June”

No real time for this: I spent 35 minutes on it, but I dozed off half way through, and then got fed up and cheated to get the last two or three obstinate answers. This … Read more “Sunday Times 4595 by Jeff Pearce”

No reason to wait a week to blog this one, as it’s not a prize puzzle (even though the solution hasn’t appeared yet). I wish they’d tell us what the original number was – they … Read more “Saturday Vintage “29582””

Solving Time: 1:11:27 Apologies for the delay on this one. I did the crossword last weekend, but haven’t written the blog yet. I’ll rattle one off now – won’t be long. Not much to say … Read more “Sunday Times 4592 (15 Jun 2014) by Tim Moorey”