Category: Weekend Cryptic

From Sunday Times 26 September 2010Unfortunately Neil is temporarily without access to the Internet; so I am filling in for this week. Quite a fair and easy puzzle except for an iffy definition in 19 … Read more “Sunday Times 4400 – The Natives Are Revolting”

Solving time 11:38, a much easier one than the previous week’s, helped by four crossing 15-letter entries that all went in straight away. Would have been a bit quicker but I carelessly put NUTS in … Read more “Saturday Times 24652 (September 25th)”

Solving time 29:09, and I felt pleased to get under the half hour. Is it just me, or was this a bit of a stinker? There was no unfamiliar vocabulary for me, but a lot … Read more “Saturday Times 24646 (September 18th)”

Solving time 13:07. Would have been an even quicker solve if I’d heard of the children’s game. Pretty standard fare I thought – nothing to complain about really, but no stand-out clues either. Across 1 … Read more “Saturday Times 24640 (September 11th)”

Talbinho, your usual blogger, has been struck down by yellow bird syndrome on the Times Crossword Club site, so I’m standing in for one week only.  I flew through most of this in about 7 minutes … Read more “ST 4397 – 5th September 2010”

Solving time 22:18, so a bit tougher than most recent puzzles. It took me about 3 minutes at the end just to get 24D, as I couldn’t think of anything other than ALOFT, which didn’t … Read more “Saturday Times 24634 (September 4th)”

Solved from the paper over a pint in a pub garden last Sunday, as I was away for the weekend. No exact time, but it felt like 15-20 minutes. The first two clues I solved … Read more “Saturday Times 24628 (28th August)”

Solving time 11:37, which I was fairly disappointed with at the time, as I flew through the top half in about 3 minutes. However, comments I’ve read since suggest others found this pretty hard going, … Read more “Saturday Times 24622 (21st August)”

Solving time 8:55, another very easy Saturday puzzle that had a lot of multi-word answers that went in as soon as reading them. Having said that, there was nothing much wrong with the puzzle. The … Read more “Saturday Times 24616 (14th August)”

Solving time 8:40, one of my quickest Saturday times for ages. Someone mentioned this one was very easy compared to the previous week’s, and so it turned out. The two 15-letter entries went straight in … Read more “Saturday Times 24610 (7th August)”