Category: Weekend Cryptic

Attempted to solve on the train Monday morning after already doing Monday’s and Sunday’s puzzles. I got 3/4 through it in about 15 minutes, but then my brain seized up and I fell asleep with … Read more “Saturday Times 25077 (4th Feb)”

Solving time: 35:28 A lot of really good wordplay this week. Much of it extremely well-disguised. The containment indicators in 4 & 16, for example, were both hard to spot. Also 14, 15 & 18 … Read more “Sunday Times 4470 (29 Jan 2012)”

A bleary-eyed 24:43 on the 6:51 to Euston on Monday morning for this one. I recently changed jobs and now have to get from Coventry to Brentford every morning, and I’m never very good in … Read more “Saturday Times 25071 (28th Jan)”

Solving time: About 20 minutes offline. Still on jury duty this week so, again, I printed this off to do while waiting to be assigned to a jury. Very straightforward this week. The easiest for … Read more “Sunday Times 4469 (22 Jan 2012)”

24:03 for this tricky little beast. I didn’t know 18D and had to get it from the wordplay, but the one that totally threw me for a while was 23A – E?G??E?N?O just doesn’t look … Read more “Saturday Times 25065 (21st Jan)”

Solving time: About 43 minutes, but with three silly mistakes. I’ve been on jury duty this week so I printed this off to do between sessions. It was certainly easier than last week’s nightmare, but … Read more “Sunday Times 4468 (15 Jan 2012)”

Solving time 18:44. A game of two halves, the top going in fairly quickly but then I ground to a halt for a few minutes and struggled to the finish. Nothing too difficult here though … Read more “Saturday Times 25059 (Jan 14th)”

Solving time: 1:01:00 – struggling all the way. I approached this with some trepidation having seen the comments made against last week’s blog about it. I think I had about 5 or 6 in after … Read more “Sunday Times 4467 (8 Jan 2012) – Phew!”

At last! I can finally get onto the site to post. When I first tried at 7 o’clock this morning the site was up, but only showing Jack’s blog from yesterday and nothing else. I … Read more “Saturday Times 25053 (7th Jan)”

Solving time: 34:41 I was hoping for a quick win here after 1 across went straight in, but my progress was slower than it probably should have been. I didn’t come to write this blog … Read more “Sunday Times 4466 (1 Jan 2012) – And a Happy New Year”