Category: Weekend Cryptic

Forgot to record a time for this one, but I think it was around 15 mins. Sorry it’s a bit brief, but I’m rushing to fit it in again. Across 1 LIGAMENT – GAME in … Read more “Saturday Times 24227 (May 16)”

Sorry about the delay in posting this – it really was a case of circumstances beyond my control, and I’m now finally making time for it after midnight on Monday. I was quite pleased with … Read more “Saturday Times 24221 – here at last!”

Solving time 19:30. I don’t think it was really any harder than the previous week’s, so the extra five minutes or so on the time will have to go down to sluggish thinking on my … Read more “Saturday Times 24215 (2nd May)”

Solving time 13:04, another in an increasingly long string of fairly easy Saturday puzzles (today’s took a bit longer, but that was me being dim rather than puzzle being any tougher).A fair bit of literary … Read more “Saturday Times 24209 (25 April)”

Solving time 13:33, another pretty straightforward puzzle for a Saturday (not that I’m complaining, it ‘s made a nice change the last couple of weeks). I got the two long across answers straight away, which … Read more “Times Saturday 24203 (18th April)”

Solving time 14:40, so about average. This was a puzzle of fits and starts for me, where I got off to a good start, then stuck completely for a while, then raced to the finish. … Read more “Saturday Times 24197 (11th April)”

Solving time 29:00. This was a pretty challenging puzzle with some excellent clues, but also a few obscure words. I managed to finish it just inside the half-hour which is normally my cut-off point before … Read more “Saturday Times 24191 (4th April)”

Solving time 10:46, and should really have been sub 10 minutes. I remember having three or four unconnected clues left at the end which should have gone in right away but didn’t. 25D SHOT was … Read more “Saturday Times 24185 (28th March)”

A gentle 12:22 for this, one of the easier Saturday puzzles (although I found today’s even easier – maybe we should expect a real stinker next week). One dodgy definition (13D), a brilliant anagram (2D), … Read more “Saturday Times 24179 (Mar 21)”

Solving time 15:14, so about par for the course again. 21D was the obscure vocabulary of the day, but it’s a regular in barred puzzles (and came up last week somewhere), so no problems there. … Read more “Saturday Times 24173 (Mar 14th)”