Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 15:00 exactly. Some easy clues, but there were quite a few lesser-known meanings of common words, and of course 20A was pretty obscure (to me at least). Across 1 BURSAR – SA (sex … Read more “Saturday Times 24131 (24th Jan)”

A rather embarrassing 8:25 this morning, having solved it last week in about 15 mins. Still, at least it’s now fresh in my mind for a change! 9A was the last to go in both … Read more “Saturday Times 24125 (17th Jan)”

Solving time 8:22 I grabbed the chance to fill in a gap for tallbinho as I do very few ST puzzles, and having been informed recently about the current composition of the team, thought I … Read more “Sunday Times 4311”

Sorry, I’ve spent the day battling with a dead PC, and in the end gave up and had to go out and buy a new one. Still restoring my data at the moment, but I’ll … Read more “Saturday Times 24119 (10th Jan)”

Solving time – not recorded for some reason. I normally note it on my printout, but forgot to do so last week. It was a fairly quick time though, maybe around 12 minutes. Across 1 … Read more “Saturday Times 24113 (03/01/09)”

19:30 for the last Saturday crossword of the year. I found this fairly tricky, with quite a few “General Knowledge” clues as well as some sly wordplay in places. Across 1 HOME PAGE – (game, … Read more “Saturday Times 24107 (27th Dec)”

Last Sunday’s puzzle was a special Jumbo. Unfortunately the online version doesn’t seem to include the closing date. Please could someone with the paper confirm when the closing date is, so that I don’t post … Read more “Sunday Times Jumbo 4308 – Closing date?”

12:59 for this, but then it wasn’t as hard as most Saturday offerings. It also felt a bit disjointed and unedited. How else can you explain the appearance of 7 double definitions, when the usual … Read more “Saturday Times 24102 (Dec 20th)”

Solving time 13:56, which I was quite pleased with as there were a few tricky clues here that I put in as guesses which turned out to be right. A very enjoyable puzzle to solve, … Read more “Saturday Times 24096 (Dec 13)”

24:57 – another tough Saturday, although looking through it again now I can’t remember where I got stuck. One thing is for sure though – there’s plenty of tricky wordplay to explain. Across 1 HIAWATHA … Read more “Saturday Times 24090 (Dec 6th)”