Category: Weekend Cryptic

I found this a very good offering. Took a lot longer than usual, but not from obscure stuff, but clever misleading clue structures. That which I didnt know didn’t negatively impact the solve, so the … Read more “Jumbo 1041 – Saturday June 22nd”

My time was about 40 minutes, I think, but I solved it offline while sat in the garden enjoying a 17 without a clock to hand. I thought it a fairly average, but enjoyable solve. … Read more “Sunday Times 4544 (30 Jun 2013) by Jeff Pearce”

Sorry I’m late with this – I’m actually working today so I had to squeeze it in when I could around supporting some application developers, who needed a lot more support than I’d anticipated! Anyway, … Read more “Saturday Times 25514 (29th June)”

Solving time: Just inside an hour all told, over three sessions. I started it while relaxing in a hot bath but had to stop after about 25 minutes as the paper was getting damp and … Read more “Sunday Times 4543 (23 Jun 2013) by Tim Moorey”

Solving time 22:04, a bit slow for me but I solved it on the train after a long day at work and I was having trouble staying awake! Lots of good clues here; I particularly … Read more “Saturday Times 25508 (22nd June)”

Solving time: 55:14 I started off quickly enough, getting the 11/13 combination before I’d finished reading the clue, but then slowed down considerably, and crawled over the line nearly an hour later. It felt like … Read more “Sunday Times 4542 (16 Jun 2013) by Dean Mayer”

Solving time was around 22 minutes for this, but I got one wrong (21ac), and have an unsatisfactory explanation for 1ac. Quite a testing puzzle, some long anagrams that required a bit of work to … Read more “Saturday Times 25502 (15th June)”

Solving time: About 35 minutes offline I had all but six in about 25 minutes, then those last ones came at a crawl. My final 6 were 12, 17, 23, 25, 27 & 29, so … Read more “Sunday Times 4541 (9 Jun 2013) by Jeff Pearce”

Over 45 minutes to solve, but I don’t think that reflects the difficulty of the puzzle. The four perimeter answers went in pretty quickly and I thought it was going to be another Saturday doddle, … Read more “Saturday Times 25496 (8th June)”

Solving time: I don’t know as I solved offline and forgot to check the time. I had most of this solved in about an hour, although I was being distracted by the TV at the … Read more “Sunday Times 4540 (2 Jun 2013) by Tim Moorey”