Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 13:43 (last week nearly all my times were between 13-14 minutes, apart from Friday’s which was 17). Enjoyable enough puzzle (apart from the groanworthy 21dn), continuing the run of fairly easy Saturday puzzles. … Read more “Saturday Times 25490 (1st June)”

Solving time: Just over an hour offline. As per usual some excellent clues, and no weak links. I started quite quickly – 1a went straight in, quickly followed by the two long down ones, but … Read more “Sunday Times 4539 (26 May 2013) by Dean Mayer”

Solving time 17:03, not much harder than the previous few weeks but I slowed myself down by putting in APOSTATE at 16dn without bothering to read the whole clue, which made 28 (one of the … Read more “Saturday Times 25484 (25th May)”

Solving time: I solved offline and forgot to note the finish time. Probably about 40 minutes. A couple of words I didn’t know here – BEADLE & AGON, but both could be worked out easily … Read more “Sunday Times 4538 (19 May 2013) by Jeff Pearce”

Solving time 13 minutes exactly. We seem to be having a run of easier puzzles on Saturdays lately. With the number of double definitions in this one I was wondering whether Rufus had joined the … Read more “Saturday Times 25478 (18th May)”

Solving time: 27:34 I rattled through this one pretty quickly for me. I don’t get under 30 minutes very often. I enjoyed this one quite a lot, particularly the rather rude 5d, which is probably … Read more “Sunday Times 4537 (12 May 2013) by Tim Moorey – How rude!”

Didn’t have time to finish this today, so look out for it later tonight. Actually I didn’t get back home till nearly midnight, but here it is eventually. Three cryptic definitions in the one puzzle … Read more “Saturday Times 25472 (11th May)”

Solving time: 46:26 Once again, Dean fails to disappoint with another very clever offering. Slightly on the harder side, this one I think, but there’s a lot of very clever stuff going on here. Dean’s … Read more “Sunday Times 4536 (5 May 2013) by Dean Mayer”

This one went in fairly quickly until the last clue, 10ac. I agonised over that for about 10 minutes before putting in the answer as the best approximation I could think of, although in hindsight … Read more “Saturday Times 25466 (4th May)”

Solving time: 34 minutes offline I printed this one off and solved while cooking dinner. In truth, all that really involved was inserting the odd dish into the oven at various intervals, so I don’t … Read more “Sunday Times 4535 (28 Apr 2013) by Jeff Pearce”