Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 14:13. Interesting puzzle, with a few unusual slang words perfectly clued so that anyone who didn’t know them could still solve them. The rest was fairly straightforward, but I have no complaints. Shame … Read more “Saturday Times 24807 (26th March)”

Solving time: About 40 minutes. I had three left after my alloted 30 minutes (5/12/17) and these took another 10 minutes to crack. A better challenge than last week. No new words, but a few … Read more “Sunday Times 4425 (20 Mar 2011)”

Sorry about the delay in getting this out, but I had to work all day yesterday and was out all day today, so this is my first chance to post this weekend – 10pm on … Read more “Saturday Times 24801 (19th March)”

Solving time: About 20 minutes. Fortunately I had a Jumbo to do as well, or I would have been twiddling my thumbs for half of my son’s swimming lesson. I found this very straightforward. There … Read more “Sunday Times 4424 (13 Mar 2011)”

Solving time 18:15, although apart from 2D I can’t remember now what held me up. The two 15-letter entries went in straight away, but the rest was just a steady slog. COD to 8D. ¿Qué? … Read more “Times Saturday 24795 (12th March)”

Solving time: I didn’t quite finish in my alloted half-hour, but the two I had left (6/7) fell pretty quickly when I picked it up again a bit later on, so I’ll say about 32 … Read more “Sunday Times 4423 (6 Mar 2011)”

Solving time 16:33. A very mixed bag consisting of a lot of very easy clues interspersed with some very hard ones with tortuous wordplay or obscure vocabulary. Still, there was a bit of science in … Read more “Saturday Times 24789 (5th March)”

Solving time: Best part of an hour all told. I still had 12 left after my first half-hour stint. Tried again a bit later on and got one more. Picked it up again the following … Read more “Sunday Times 4422 (27 Feb 2011)”

No time noted down, but I think it was around a quarter of an hour. A strange puzzle though, with some easy clues interspersed with others that I couldn’t parse – obvious from the definition, … Read more “Saturday Times 24783 (Feb 26th)”

Solving time: About 35-40 minutes, with one wrong. I had 6 left after 25 minutes, which I took another 10-15 minutes to pick off a bit later on. I did myself no favours by throwing … Read more “Sunday Times 4421 (20 Feb 2011)”