Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 36:10, although it wasn’t THAT difficult really. The online version was a copy of puzzle 24247 until the Monday, so I had to go out and buy the paper last week. I was … Read more “Saturday Times 24257 (Jun 20)”

Solving time 14:38 – back to normal fare again after the brilliant D-Day puzzle. Nothing too striking about this one at all, and going through it again now I can’t see why it took me … Read more “Saturday Times 24251 (Jun 13)”

The Current online version of 24257 is identical to 24247, printed on Tues 9th June. I don’t know yet whether the dead tree version is correct. I’ve e-mailed the appropriate people and will let you … Read more “Wrong puzzle online for Saturday’s cryptic”

Solving time 33 mins, which felt pretty quick for this monster! Almost every clue was a work of art, with the difficulty purely in the deceptive clueing – I can’t see any real obscurities here. … Read more “Saturday Times 24245 (6th June) – a true classic”

Solving time 16:20, although it probably wasn’t that difficult as I had a major hangover at the time and found it hard to concentrate! Quite a fun puzzle though, with some amusing definitions and a … Read more “Saturday Times 24239 (May 30th)”

There’s a new blog for solvers of the Ottawa Citizen’s syndicated version of the Sunday Times puzzle – see “Other Solving Blogs” on the right hand side of this page. This links to our report … Read more “Sunday Times in syndication land …”

12:33, so not too difficult, but a good puzzle nevertheless. I had one minor quibble with 9A, otherwise sound surface readings throughout and a few very good clues. Across 1 MISFIELD – M.I.’S FIELD, where … Read more “Saturday Times 24233 (May 23rd)”

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)”