Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 48 mins. My first leap from the quickie to the (literally) big league. This was a fairly enjoyable stroll with nothing too troubling. Thanks to our setter. Across 1 STAFF NURSE – Hospital … Read more “Times Jumbo Crossword 1090 – Saturday 3rd May”

Solving time a gentle 12:50, solved from the paper for a change in a pub garden in Chester between rainstorms last Saturday. I was hoping for something a bit trickier which would have required a … Read more “Saturday Times 25783 (10th May)”

I’m standing in for Dave Perry today, so I’d like to take this opportunity to wish him all the best for a speedy recovery. This is my first ever attempt at blogging, whether here or … Read more “Sunday Times 4588 by Tim Moorey”

Solving time a dismal 26:11, when I finally got around to it on Thursday night. I’ll blame tiredness, as going through the clues again now I don’t see the difficulty. Not much else to say, … Read more “Saturday Times 25777 (3rd May)”

A group of us are taking over the reins here in the Sunday slot while Dave is convalescing. This is about as close as Dean Mayer gets to a simple puzzle – simple, but elegant … Read more “Sunday Times 4587 – Nice and Easy Does It”

Solving time 17:42, slowed down a bit at the end by 8dn for some reason. Hats off to the setter for 2dn and 19dn for making me laugh, and for 1ac and 26ac for the … Read more “Saturday Times 25771 (26th April)”

Bad news I’m afraid. Dave emailed me yesterday to inform me he’s had a stroke, so will obviously be unavailable for blogging duties until further notice. I had intended to do his Sunday Times blog … Read more “Sunday Times 4586 and Dave Perry”

Solving time 14:05, so I found it much easier than the previous week’s one, although a lot of people commented on how tricky this one was (and the leaderboard tends to back them up). Good … Read more “Saturday Times 25765 (19th April)”

Solving Time: None recorded, but I reckon around 45 minutes I solved this one on holiday (although I’m back now), so I didn’t record an official time. I remember I rattled through the bottom two-thirds … Read more “Sunday Times 4585 (13 Apr 2014) by Tim Moorey”

Struggled with this one in 21:05, but I don’t know why. Looking at the times of some others in the Stats it should have been much easier than that. Maybe I’m just getting run down … Read more “Saturday Times 25759 (12th April)”