Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 12:39, which felt really quick for quite a tricky puzzle. For once I seemed to be on the setter’s wavelength from the beginning, although there were more than the usual number of easy … Read more “Saturday Times 24084 (29th Nov)”

Solving time 20:10. This was another in an increasingly long stretch of brilliant Saturday crosswords, probably the most enjoyable to solve yet for me. There was a lot of Brit slang in it though, so … Read more “Saturday Times 24078 (Nov 22) – another belter”

Solving time 14:59 Another very good Saturday puzzle, in a fairly long run of them. I was pretty pleased with my time too, as after six minutes I only had 2D and 18A in, but … Read more “Saturday Times 24072 (Nov 15th)”

Another very good Saturday puzzle, in the category of “tough but fair”. I didn’t note down my time for some reason, but remember it being around 17 mins or so. Across 1 UPSHOT – cryptic … Read more “Saturday Times 24066 (Nov 8th)”

No solving time noted down this week – I had 15 minutes to spare before going out last Saturday, after which I was less than half way through it. When I got back I needed … Read more “Saturday Times 24060 (1st Nov)”

Solving time 12:04. Not too hard for a change (unlike today’s, which was a real stinker!). I wasted a fair bit of time looking for the wrong anagram in 6D otherwise it might have been … Read more “Saturday Times 24054 (25 Oct)”

Sorry this is posted so late, but I’ve been moving the “office” around over the weekend and all the PCs had to be turned off. Just finished now at 5:30pm on Sunday. Solving time 19:53 … Read more “Saturday Times 24048 (18 Oct)”

Solved in the paper in my Cheltenham hotel room last week, and not very helpful to my confidence in the Championships! Over half an hour certainly, although I did keep falling asleep while solving it … Read more “Saturday Times 24042 (11 Oct)”

Okay, just a quick blog a day early, as I’m off to Cheltenham this evening for a certain Crossword Championship and won’t be back until Sunday night. Solving time was 18:39, but annoyingly the last … Read more “Saturday Times 24036 (4 Oct)”

Solving time 17:14 I thought I was on for a fairly fast solve last Saturday, but then got bogged down for the last 5 minutes or more in the bottom left-hand corner. PASHTO was the … Read more “Saturday Times 24030 (Sep 27)”