Category: Weekend Cryptic

I won’t be able to post until this evening, but feel free to comment.

21:08 – this wasn’t especially hard, with some helpful checking letters rendering a good deal of the wordplay less than critical. But pretty entertaining stuff, with a couple of very interesting clues. I can’t fully … Read more “Times Saturday 24,299 (Aug. 8th 2009)”

Solving time 13:45, so a bit easier than the previous two weeks. A fairly steady solve, no major sticking points, just a few places where I had to go back for another look when there … Read more “Saturday Times 24293 (1st Aug)”

Solving time 21:18, which felt quite fast for this tricky puzzle. I had a slight advantage in that someone mentioned in a comment on last week’s blog that it was a stinker, so I was … Read more “Saturday Times 24287 (25th July)”

27:38 for this masterpiece of cruciverbalism. It’s going to take a while to write this blog because there’s a discussion point in nearly every clue. I just hope I can remember how all the wordplay … Read more “Saturday Times 24281 (18th July)”

Solving time 6:59 – I wish! I was solving this from the paper while enjoying a pint last Saturday, and stopped the clock to refresh my glass. When I got back I forgot to restart … Read more “Saturday Times 24275 (11th July)”

Solving time 26:03. This was a game of two halves for sure, with some really intricate wordplay and unfamiliar definitions of familiar words sprinkled in among some fairly easy and straightforward clues. The NE corner … Read more “Saturday Times 24269 (4th July)”

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”