Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 31:37, so very tough but entertaining. I found it very hard to get into last Saturday, with only four answers entered in the first eight minutes. All the clues have smooth surfaces, and … Read more “Saturday Times 24604 (July 31st)”

Solving time 13:18. Nothing too difficult here. One brilliant hidden reversal though, but pretty standard fare apart from that. Today’s is another kettle of fish entirely. Across 1 TRANSEPT – SEPT after TRA(i)N. 5 STOCKS … Read more “Saturday Times 24598 (July 24th)”

Solving time 12:38, one mistake. With the electricity out last weekend I had to go and buy the paper, but didn’t get round to solving it until the Sunday afternoon. Not being much of a … Read more “Saturday Times 24592 (July 17th)”

Sorry this is late, but I had major problems at the weekend, not least of which were a leaky immersion heater and a resultant power outage. The plumber couldn’t fix the leak on Saturday and … Read more “Saturday Times 24586 (July 10th) – better late than never!”

Solving time 26:32, so pretty tricky for me. When I saw the large number of multi-word entries I thought it would be a doddle, but that certainly wasn’t the case. 15dn was a new word … Read more “Saturday Times 24580 (July 3rd)”

Solving time 20:09 – should have been around 15 minutes but my mind went completely blank on 22D with ?A?O?Y. The only words I could even think of that fit were CANOPY and JALOPY, both … Read more “Saturday Times 24574 (June 26th)”

Solving time 13:27. Not a great deal to say about this one. A few very good clues, a couple of minor niggles, pretty standard fare really. Across 1 HELL FOR LEATHER – HE’LL + (father … Read more “Saturday Times 24568 (June 19th)”

Solving time: 7:40 Talbinho’s computer has gone up in a puff of smoke, so you’ve got me as an instant sub, solving while Australia were going through at the hands of Ghana and their own … Read more “Sunday Times 4385 (13 June)”

Solving time approx 15 minutes. There were some very good “container and contents” clues in this one, although 25% of one clue type is probably too many. I think there was a mistake in 1D, … Read more “Saturday Times 24562 (12th June)”

Solving time 17:12, but would have been 5 minutes faster if I hadn’t got stuck on 1A/1D for ages (with no good reason really – they seemed rather obvious once I’d got them but for … Read more “Saturday Times 24556 (June 5th)”