Category: Weekend Cryptic

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)”

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)”