Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 13:33, another pretty straightforward puzzle for a Saturday (not that I’m complaining, it ‘s made a nice change the last couple of weeks). I got the two long across answers straight away, which … Read more “Times Saturday 24203 (18th April)”

Solving time 14:40, so about average. This was a puzzle of fits and starts for me, where I got off to a good start, then stuck completely for a while, then raced to the finish. … Read more “Saturday Times 24197 (11th April)”

Solving time 29:00. This was a pretty challenging puzzle with some excellent clues, but also a few obscure words. I managed to finish it just inside the half-hour which is normally my cut-off point before … Read more “Saturday Times 24191 (4th April)”

Solving time 10:46, and should really have been sub 10 minutes. I remember having three or four unconnected clues left at the end which should have gone in right away but didn’t. 25D SHOT was … Read more “Saturday Times 24185 (28th March)”

A gentle 12:22 for this, one of the easier Saturday puzzles (although I found today’s even easier – maybe we should expect a real stinker next week). One dodgy definition (13D), a brilliant anagram (2D), … Read more “Saturday Times 24179 (Mar 21)”

Solving time 15:14, so about par for the course again. 21D was the obscure vocabulary of the day, but it’s a regular in barred puzzles (and came up last week somewhere), so no problems there. … Read more “Saturday Times 24173 (Mar 14th)”

Solving time 14:55, about par for me. I really enjoyed this, full of excellent witty definitions and smooth surfaces. A couple of clues I found a bit dodgy, but they don’t detract from it too … Read more “Saturday Times 24167 (Mar 7th)”

I knocked this off in two sittings, having given a quick inspection on the day of publication before coming back to finish off in time to submit my entry (not that I expect to be … Read more “Times Jumbo 802 (Saturday Feb 28th)”

Solving time 27:40. As dorsetjimbo said in a comment to the previous week’s puzzle, this one was “a different kettle of fish”. Very tricky in places, and at the end I put the last few … Read more “Saturday Times 24161 (28th Feb)”

Solving time 11:53, much easier than the previous couple of weeks! A few bits of general knowledge required, but it was all stuff I already knew so no problems there. I’ve got a bit of … Read more “Saturday Times 24155 (21st Feb)”