Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 14:55, about par for me. I really enjoyed this, full of excellent witty definitions and smooth surfaces. A couple of clues I found a bit dodgy, but they don’t detract from it too … Read more “Saturday Times 24167 (Mar 7th)”

I knocked this off in two sittings, having given a quick inspection on the day of publication before coming back to finish off in time to submit my entry (not that I expect to be … Read more “Times Jumbo 802 (Saturday Feb 28th)”

Solving time 27:40. As dorsetjimbo said in a comment to the previous week’s puzzle, this one was “a different kettle of fish”. Very tricky in places, and at the end I put the last few … Read more “Saturday Times 24161 (28th Feb)”

Solving time 11:53, much easier than the previous couple of weeks! A few bits of general knowledge required, but it was all stuff I already knew so no problems there. I’ve got a bit of … Read more “Saturday Times 24155 (21st Feb)”

Sunday Times 4316 This should probably have been a sub-5 minute puzzle for me, as there were plenty of easy clues. But I made a poor start by guessing at SIEVER for 1A. I didn’t … Read more “Sunday Times 4316”

I put in a comment on yesterday’s blog that the 33:40 I took to solve it was my slowest of the year, having already forgotten that this one took me 37:15! Another brilliant puzzle, very … Read more “Saturday Times 24149 (14th Feb)”

Easier than most Saturdays, solved in 14:09. There were a couple of weak clues (17A was the worst for me), but more than made up for by the brilliance of 23A, 11D and especially 16D. … Read more “Saturday Times 24143 (Feb 7)”

Solving time 20:25 – a bit on the slow side, but this was quite tricky in places (I seem to remember…looking back on it now I can’t see where I got stuck). Across 1 DAMAGED … Read more “Saturday Times 24137 (Jan 31)”

Another cracker of a crossword. Coming in at just under 38 minutes this was one of my slower solves. I don’t know whether this was down to devious clueing or that I’m not suited to … Read more “Saturday Jumbo 796 – 17 January 2009”

Solving time: 10:56 It’s a while since I did a Sunday Times cryptic, and I enjoyed it more than I expected. There are reasonably interesting words, but nothing too obscure. There are some rather weak … Read more “ST4313 (Sunday, 25 January)”