Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 37:38 with 1 mistake. A few new words for me – COLLOCATION, LAMBERT & VALETUDINARIAN. I failed to get LAMBERT, plumping instead for LAMBENT, but then a cryptic def for such an obscure … Read more “Sunday Times 4446 (14 Aug 2011)”

Solving time 8:11, a rare sub-10 for me, even rarer on a Saturday. For a change I just parsed nearly every clue correctly at first look, and never really slowed down. Thinking back, I could … Read more “Saturday Times 24927 – (13th August)”

Solving time: About 28 minutes After last week’s fun and games, a much more conventional solve today. A few new words for me – CRAMBO, OJIBWAS & ORISONS, although I think I have probably come … Read more “Sunday Times 4445 (7 Aug 2011)”

Solved on the train to Cheltenham last week, where I was going to take part in the 3D Crossword Championships (as advertised here for example). I found it pretty tough going in places, but nowhere … Read more “Saturday Times 24921 – useful practice!”

Hello everyone – this is your old blog organiser with a rare reason for putting something here other than a response to a comment about a Sunday Times puzzle. I’m setting up a weekly online … Read more “Sunday Times Clue writing contest”

Once again posting this on Dave Perry’s behalf, as he’s still sunning himself on that beach. Solving time: About an hour and a half, including the time I spent trying to get my head around … Read more “Sunday Times 4444 – ST meets the Listener”

So what’s a bit of plagiarism between friends? Yes, it was my birthday last Saturday (48 years young), and I solved this one over a pint in the garden of the Monsal Head Hotel in … Read more “Saturday Times 24915 – Today I analysed it – a dry hobby (8,3)”

Solving time: 24:41 Not much to say about this one. Back to a more usual standard this week, with little to tax the solver too hard. I made steady progress throughout, and probably could have … Read more “Sunday Times 4443 (24 Jul 2011)”

Andy’s not around today, so he sent me his blog to post on his behalf. Solving time 18:49, so a bit trickier than average for me. Partly due to putting in a wrong answer to … Read more “Saturday Times 24909 (July 23rd)”

Solving time: 49:45 Not as tough as last week, but still probably harder than usual. I found the NE corner the trickiest, with the unknown TALLITH, the unfamiliar COLUMBINE, and I still struggle to adjust … Read more “Sunday Times 4442 (17 Jul 2011)”