Category: Weekend Cryptic

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)”

Solving time 22:08 My solving times for Saturday puzzles have been getting worse and worse lately (with today’s taking even longer), but I don’t think it’s because my solving skill is waning, rather that the … Read more “Saturday Times 24018 (Sep 13)”

Solving time 20:15. Another slowish time for me in a crossword that had a few “difficult” words, but nothing I didn’t know. There were a lot of very good clues here though, 25A probably being … Read more “Saturday Times 24012 (Sep 6th)”

Solving time 18:46, pretty slow I think, as there doesn’t seem to be too much particularly difficult here now I’m looking at it again. Across 1 DEADLY SIN – (dines, lady)* 6 LAGOS – O … Read more “Times Saturday 24006 (Aug 30)”

Solving time – not recorded, as I started it in the paper while I was out and finished it later when I got in. Judging from the amount of Tippex on my copy though, a … Read more “Times Saturday 23994 (Aug 16)”

Solving time – not recorded, but I think it was around 15 minutes. Just brief notes on how the clues worked this week, as I’m short of time today. Across 1 WRITE-OFF – sounds like … Read more “Times Saturday 23988 (9th August)”