Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 31:54 Not much to say about this week’s puzzle. It all seemed quite run-of-the-mill with no obvious talking points. We passed 100 days to go until the London Olympics between the publication of … Read more “Sunday Times 4481 (15 Apr 2012)”

Solving time 13:20. Sorry for the brevity, but I have no time this weekend. Across 1 PASSAGES – PASS (spend) + AGES (a long time). 6 SUSSEX – SUSS (discover) + EX (old). 9 SHOE … Read more “Saturday Times 25137 (14th April)”

Solving time: 35:14 – with one wrong (see 27a). No one should be left in any doubt about The Sunday Times’ use of living people in its crosswords. No less than seven people are mentioned … Read more “Sunday Times 4480 (8 Apr 2012) – Name dropping”

Approx 15 minutes for this one, solved sitting in a pub in Solihull while out shopping. Took me a while to get going, but finished in a bit of a rush as I finally locked … Read more “Saturday Times 25131 (7th April)”

Solving time: 27:18 As Anax hinted he might in my blog for 4476, he has provided an April Fool themed puzzle for us this week. Indeed, the phrase ‘April Fool’ crops up no less than … Read more “Sunday Times 4479 (1 Apr 2012) – These foolish things”

Solving time 17:15. Fairly straightforward puzzle, nothing much contentious. I don’t know why it took me so long, to be honest. Across 1 AXLE – L(eft) inside AXE (cutting tool with blade). 3 GOALTENDER – … Read more “Saturday Times 25125 (31st March)”

Solving time: 46:39 I feel Jonathan should be blogging this one as it has something of a musical flavour to it. We have brass (11a), woodwind (5d) and keyboards (13a, well, sort of) but no … Read more “Sunday Times 4478 (25 Mar 2012) – Dinner with no strings”

18:17 for this one, fairly tricky with a lot of GK required. May be my highest ever number of Wikipedia links in this blog, or about average for a Topical Tim one! Across 1 NEWCOMER … Read more “Saturday Times 25119 (24th March)”

Solving time: 35:28 – Held up at the end in the NW corner, today. Specifically by 5a. 5d & 6. I normally find Tim’s quite tough and hard-going. But this one was most enjoyable. 30 … Read more “Sunday Times 4477 (18 Mar 2012) – Ooooh, Matron!”

Solving time: 36:03 I found plenty to like here without it being too tough. No new additions to my vocabulary, which is unusual, although MARATHONER was a derivative that I can’t recall having come across … Read more “Sunday Times 4476 (11 Mar 2012)”