Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 12:19, so a few seconds slower than the previous week for a puzzle everybody else thought was a doddle. Oh well. Surprising, as there was quite a lot of literature in this puzzle, … Read more “Saturday Times 24430 (9th Jan)”

Solving time 12:03 – fairly gentle first Saturday puzzle of the new year, without any obscure vocabulary and a couple of easy 14-letter answers to get off to a flying start. Across 1 FIASCO – … Read more “Saturday Times 24424 (Jan 2nd)”

Quite tricky I thought – solving time 28:15, although I think the main reason for slowness was the fact that I didn’t get the 14-letter answers very quickly. Anyway, I can’t do the blog today … Read more “Saturday Times 24418 (26th Dec)”

Well, nice to be sitting at home writing this up, as it’s my first Saturday off in December (and tomorrow will be only my second Sunday off. So what, you might say, but as my … Read more “Saturday Times 24413 (19th Dec)”

Sorry for the lack of a placeholder earlier. Third weekend in a row of working, and today I was running late. Great puzzle though, one of the best this year I thought. I’ll do it … Read more “Saturday Times 24407”

Sorry, working again this weekend – and this time the boss is here! Also, I’ve lost my copy of the puzzle, but I’ll try to get something up this evening. Well, that didn’t go according … Read more “Saturday Times 24401 – placeholder”

Solving time 16:10. I’ve been called in to work at short notice this morning, so won’t be able to do the blog now. It will appear either this evening or tomorrow morning, depending on when … Read more “Saturday Times 24395 (Nov 28)”

Solving time 16:05, although I thought I was on for a really quick time when the top half went in with almost no hesitation. HAMPSTEAD HEATH jumped out at me at first glance, followed by … Read more “Saturday Times 24389 (Nov 21)”

No time recorded last week, but I think it was around 20 minutes. I made a bit of a hash of 14D, putting in STAN at the end, which helped with 27 but not 20 … Read more “Saturday Times 24383 (Nov 14th)”

Solving time – just under an hour I reckon, but it took three sessions to finish. I had 20 minutes or so last Saturday before going out and thought that would be plenty of time, … Read more “Saturday Times 24377 (Nov 7th)”