Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: DNF. I only got round to starting this on Friday night, spent some more time on it on Saturday evening, but still couldn’t finish much more than two-thirds of it. I would’ve quite … Read more “Sunday Times 4496 (29 Jul 2012) by Jeff Pearce – An Olympian standard”

Another really tricky puzzle, solved in just over the half-hour (30:13 to be precise), although the last 10 minutes or so was spent on trying to figure out 10ac, with three possible candidates to consider. … Read more “Saturday Times 25227 (28th July)”

Solving time: Only about 30 minutes, but it was a joint effort between me and my father, and I have to confess that he probably beat me to two-thirds of the answers. Had I been … Read more “Sunday Times 4495 (22 Jul 2012) by Tim Moorey”

Solving time 31:33, but it felt quick! Brilliant puzzle, just the sort I look forward to on a Saturday. When J, Q and X appeared in the first few clues I solved, I was pretty … Read more “Saturday Times 25221 (21st July)”

Solving time: I can’t offer a time, I’m afraid, as my Mum & Dad were visiting and they filled quite a few answers in when I wasn’t looking. I can say, however, that even with … Read more “Sunday Times 4494 (15 Jul 2012) by Anax”

Solving tme 12:06, so quite an easy one this week. I still managed to make a mess of one though, putting in TWO FOR TEA at 14dn at first. Apologies for the brevity – time … Read more “Saturday Times 25215 (14th July)”

Solving time: About 45 minutes, offline. There were a few words I didn’t know here – NERVA, COTTA & TYCHE, but all were quite easy to get from the wordplay. I enjoyed this one. The … Read more “Sunday Times 4493 (8 Jul 2012) by Jeff Pearce”

Just remembered I’ve got to take the car in for its MOT this morning, so I don’t have time for the blog, which will probably now appear either late afternoon or evening. Update: we went … Read more “Saturday Times 25209 (7th July)”

Solving time: About 40 minutes, over two sessions. I came to post the blog on Saturday night, just after midnight, and discovered that I hadn’t written one. When I went to write on I discovered … Read more “Sunday Times 4492 (1 Jul 2012) by Tim Moorey”

No time recorded, as I solved it in a number of 5-minute snatches over a busy weekend. Probably just over 20 minutes, but it would have been a lot quicker if I hadn’t thrown in … Read more “Saturday Times 25203 (30th June)”