Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 12:29. Starts off with a geography lesson, then we get a whole load of double and/or punning definitions in the middle. Quite enjoyable – BULLDOZER brought a smile – but a bit on … Read more “Saturday Times 24903 (16th July)”

Solving time: About 3 days! I started on Sunday evening and finished on Wednesday lunch-time. Without doubt, I found this the hardest Sunday puzzle since I took over the blog back in January. There was … Read more “Sunday Times 4441 (10 Jul 2011)”

Just under the half-hour for this one – 29:13, mainly due to a couple of early mistakes which will be owned up to below, and 1D which added 5 minutes to the time at the … Read more “Saturday Times 24897 (9th July)”

Solving time: 37:06 Apologies for the late blog. I clean forgot about it. Still, better late than never. Most of this I found quite straightforward, but there were a few – PURIM, CURVE and a … Read more “Sunday Times 4440 (3 Jul 2011)”

Sorry, busy weekend, no time to write anything up yet. All I can say is I’ll get around to it eventually! Better late than never I suppose. I thought this was quite tough in places … Read more “Saturday Times 24891 (2nd July) – placeholder”

Solving time: 26:24 after a slow start My son has stopped going to swimming lessons, but had we gone, I would have comfortably finished before him this week. It took me a while to get … Read more “Sunday Times 4439 (26 Jun 2011)”

Solved on the train to Birmingham for the Sloggers & Betters do, didn’t time it but finished in plenty of time so I’d guess around 15 minutes. S&B pictures have been posted here and here, … Read more “Saturday Times 24885 (25th June)”

Solving time: 41:40 Something of a mixed bag here. I wasn’t keen on some of the wordplay, particularly 16 & 25. The rest of it was pretty much OK, but certainly nothing to write home … Read more “Sunday Times 4438 (19 Jun 2011)”

Solving time 17:26 – should’ve been a bit faster, but I got stuck for a while in the top left corner. In fact I think 1ac/1dn were my last two in. A couple of quibbles, … Read more “Saturday Times 24879 (18th June)”

Solving time: 40:27, but this should be discounted as I resorted to aids in the NW corner. I didn’t have time to do this on Sunday, so I did it online during over my lunch … Read more “Sunday Times 4437 (12 Jun 2011)”