Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: About 45 minutes Apologies for the lateness of the blog – I just about got it posted on the right day! I was held up, like many others according to the forum, on … Read more “Sunday Times 4574 (26 Jan 2014) by Jeff Pearce”

Quite a tricky one, this, especially (for me) the bottom left corner. Solved in about 20 minutes, with quite a few solved from the definition and crossing letters. I only sorted out the cryptic parsing … Read more “Saturday Times 25693 (25th Jan)”

Solving time: 52:55 This one took me a while, but looking back on it, I’m not entirely sure why. It all seems quite straightforward now. 1a took me a while to unravel as the anagram … Read more “Sunday Times 4573 (19 Jan 2014) by Tim Moorey”

Solving time 16:03, although that was without full parsing of some of the clues. Some very convoluted wordplay in this one, e.g. 1ac, 9ac, 25ac, 4dn, 14dn. Despite that the surface readings all made perfect … Read more “Saturday Times 25687 (18th Jan)”

Sorry this is a day late. Solved in about 15 mins on the train on Wednesday evening. 1ac went straight in, but then I went blank for a bit and the next one in was … Read more “Saturday Times 25681 (11th Jan)”

Solving time: 57:25 A tough one from Dean this week. I wasn’t keen on 11a at all, and 24a wasn’t great either. But otherwise I thought there was plenty of good stuff here. I liked … Read more “Sunday Times 4572 (12 Jan 2014) by Dean Mayer”

Solving time: 55:04 I struggled with this one a bit, although looking back now, I’m not sure why. It took me quite a long while to get going with it. I think I was just … Read more “Sunday Times 4571 (5 Jan 2014) by Jeff Pearce”

Solving time 15:33, with a couple of minutes at the end spent puzzling over 11ac and 5dn. Good to be back to normal with only a week between puzzle and blog. Quite a lot of … Read more “Saturday Times 25675 (4th Jan)”

Sorry I’m a day late with this one, not used to blogging during the week and forgot I was due to post this one yesterday. For me, easiest Saturday puzzle in quite a while, solved … Read more “Saturday Times 25669 (28th December)”

Solving time: About 25 minutes to solve, but much longer to parse. I finished this fairly quickly for me, because I quickly decided not to spend too much time attempting to explain all the clues … Read more “Sunday Times 4570 (29 Dec 2013) by Tim Moorey”