Category: Weekend Cryptic

What was I going to say about this puzzle? No idea, forgotten already – I had to re-solve it this morning to remind myself. In future I’ll make notes on the Saturday I do it … Read more “Saturday Times 23444”

Solving time: 23’ Not very hard – but I was making tea and answering email while solving the puzzle. Got my first copy of Chambers yesterday – which really does make a difference. I found … Read more “4917: easy even for a Sunday”

Solving time 9:50 – which I thought was pretty good until I saw Peter’s time of 4:02… ACROSS 4 S(NOB)BISH – Bish was a new word for me, meaning a mistake (or faux pas) 11 … Read more “23438 – nice ‘n’ easy for a Saturday”

Solving time: 15 minutes (Posting this all the way from America — it’s Saturday afternoon here and presumably dead of night in London). The Sunday Times puzzle gets a lot of disrespect from the cognoscenti … Read more “Sunday Times 4196/Oct 29”

Solving time – 24:26 Well, I found it a bit of a hard slog anyway, although I did solve it first thing in the morning when I’m never at my best… Across 5 UPS(=hikes, as … Read more “23432 – tough Saturday puzzle”