Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: None recorded. On the rare occasions that I make the journey down south to visit my family, we like to spend some time gathered around a crossword, pooling our collective resources. I was … Read more “Sunday Times 4569 (22 Dec 2013) by Dean Mayer”

Solving time 14:42, again I had to wait two weeks before doing the blog due to the extended closing date, so can’t remember too much about it now. I loved the long hidden reversal at … Read more “Saturday Times 25664 (21st December)”

A two-week delay for this one due to the deadline being extended until today due to the Christmas post. The same applies to last week’s puzzle, which will be blogged on 4th Jan, then this … Read more “Saturday Times 25658 (14th Dec)”

Solving time: About 1:10 Over the hour for what seems a tough but fair puzzle. It’s hard to see, looking back, quite why it was so tough, but I certainly struggled with it. And judging … Read more “Sunday Times 4568 (15 Dec 2013) by Jeff Pearce”

Solving time: About 55 minutes. One of Tim best puzzles, as far as I’m concerned. A neat use of the four names around the outside, and a few choice clues. There was lots to enjoy … Read more “Sunday Times 4567 (8 Dec 2013) by Tim Moorey”

Xmas shopping takes precedence today I’m afraid, but I’ll have plenty of time to do it this evening. Watch this space…well, sorry, that didn’t work out as planned, but here it is anyway (very brief … Read more “Saturday Times 25652 (7th Dec) – placeholder”

Solving time: About 55 minutes, and I was quite pleased with that. There were quite a few unknown words for me this week – PROGENITRESS, ALSATIA, MERISTEM, CORSELET & SEROUS although I managed to deduce … Read more “Sunday Times 4566 (1 Dec 2013) by Dean Mayer”

Solving time approx. 20 minutes. Again I didn’t get around to solving it until Friday evening, but at least that means it’s still fresh in my mind! Pretty good puzzle, but not as tricky as … Read more “Saturday Times 25646 (30th Nov)”

Solving time: About 35 minutes, but without full parsing. There were several answers that were obvious from the definitions & checkers, but the wordplay took a while to untangle. I’m thinking of the long ones … Read more “Sunday Times 4565 (25 Nov 2013) by Jeff Pearce”

Solving time about 20 mins. I didn’t actually get around to this until I was on the way home from work last night, started it quite late in the journey and finished it when I … Read more “Saturday Times 25640 (23rd Nov)”