Category: Weekend Cryptic

Talbinho is unavailable to blog this week so I’m afraid you’ll all just have to put up with me. Worry not, though, normal service will be resumed soon. I don’t usually do the Sunday Times … Read more “Sunday Times 4335 (28 June 09)”

Solving time 15:16, so back to average again, although this was fairly high on the General Knowledge index. 1A, 1D, 4A, 15D, 23A and possibly 22D and 25A might all have been tricky in that … Read more “Saturday Times 24263 (Jun 27)”

Solving time : 25 minutes I have a lot to do today (off on holiday tomorrow) so got up early only to find the Times website couldn’t be accessed. Rushed off to local newsagent to … Read more “Times 24,265 by Saturday’s Child”

Solving time 36:10, although it wasn’t THAT difficult really. The online version was a copy of puzzle 24247 until the Monday, so I had to go out and buy the paper last week. I was … Read more “Saturday Times 24257 (Jun 20)”

Solving time 14:38 – back to normal fare again after the brilliant D-Day puzzle. Nothing too striking about this one at all, and going through it again now I can’t see why it took me … Read more “Saturday Times 24251 (Jun 13)”

The Current online version of 24257 is identical to 24247, printed on Tues 9th June. I don’t know yet whether the dead tree version is correct. I’ve e-mailed the appropriate people and will let you … Read more “Wrong puzzle online for Saturday’s cryptic”

Solving time 33 mins, which felt pretty quick for this monster! Almost every clue was a work of art, with the difficulty purely in the deceptive clueing – I can’t see any real obscurities here. … Read more “Saturday Times 24245 (6th June) – a true classic”

Solving time 16:20, although it probably wasn’t that difficult as I had a major hangover at the time and found it hard to concentrate! Quite a fun puzzle though, with some amusing definitions and a … Read more “Saturday Times 24239 (May 30th)”

There’s a new blog for solvers of the Ottawa Citizen’s syndicated version of the Sunday Times puzzle – see “Other Solving Blogs” on the right hand side of this page. This links to our report … Read more “Sunday Times in syndication land …”

12:33, so not too difficult, but a good puzzle nevertheless. I had one minor quibble with 9A, otherwise sound surface readings throughout and a few very good clues. Across 1 MISFIELD – M.I.’S FIELD, where … Read more “Saturday Times 24233 (May 23rd)”