Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time: 21:52I have always considered Saturday crosswords as being a bit trickier than average but always very fair. The last few weeks offerings have, I think, crossed the fairness line and require what I … Read more “Saturday 23910 – One definite chestnut and maybe one or two others”

This one wasn’t easy but didn’t seem too bad by comparison with 23898, the previous Saturday’s beast. Luckily I knew the two long book titles and the saying at 7dn came readily to mind, but … Read more “Saturday Times – 23904”

Solving time: 16:30 The Times Crossword is a commuting habit for me, and so I don’t often do Saturday’s. I may change that, because this was an enjoyable puzzle that seemed just a bit scarier … Read more “23,898 – Saturday, 26 April”

Solving time: unknown Solved afresh for this report. There’s lots of good stuff in this puzzle. Across 1 S(A LAD)CREAM 7 SIDE – 2 defs 9 P(R.U. D)ENCE 10 DR. ON GO – a bird … Read more “23892 – Saturday 19th April”

Parents visiting from Cyprus this weekend, so I don’t know whether I’ll find time to do the blog today. Can’t even find last week’s solution grid at the moment, may have to re-solve it! It … Read more “Times Saturday 23874 (Mar 29) – placeholder”

Solving time 15:42 Bit of a rush job today I’m afraid. One day I’ll learn how to manage my time better! Across 1 PANT,HEIST 10 AM(I,NO(A)C)ID – tricky wordplay here: I + CON rev with … Read more “Times Saturday 23868 (Mar 22)”

Solving time 19:03 Some really good stuff here. 14D caught me out for a long time, as I never think to consider French phrases. Very well disguised anagram too. 29A was also very clever, and … Read more “Times Saturday 23862 (Mar 15)”

Solving time 20:11, one mistake (2D) I found this quite tricky and got stuck for a while half way through, then finally got one of the clues I was stuck on and suddenly the rest … Read more “Times Saturday 23856 (Mar 8th)”

Solving time 16:18 Fairly tricky in places, with a couple of bits of dodgy wordplay. I need a bit of help to understand 2D, but the rest are straightforward enough. Across 1 PEG,A,SUS – according … Read more “Times Saturday 23850 (March 1st)”

My broadband connection was down all weekend, hence the lateness of this report. A bit of a theme to this one, with TIMES, CROSSWORD and LISTENER appearing in the grid. No time recorded, as I … Read more “Times Saturday 23844 (Feb 23)”