Category: Weekend Cryptic

Solving time 15:44 I’ve also now (finally) updated the blog entry for the previous Saturday (23677), which can be found here. This was quite an interesting puzzle with some excellent wordplay in places, although there … Read more “Times Saturday 23683 (Aug 18th)”

Profuse apologies to those who were waiting for this to arrive earlier in the week, but I had a hectic week at work combined with a lot of evening social occasions (Sloggers & Betters 3 … Read more “Times Saturday 23677 (Aug 11)”

Solving time – 38:42 This was another brilliant Saturday puzzle, in the same league as 23647 a few weeks ago. All the surface readings were good. Some of the wordplay was fiendish, some humorous. All … Read more “Times Saturday 23671 (Aug 4th)”

I’ve never solved a Sunday Times puzzle before but reading the posts of my colleague Talbinho I’ve been able to surmise two things about it: it’s quite easy, and it often contains a mistake or … Read more “Sunday Times 4235 (29-07-07)”

Solving time 16:34 About average for a Saturday puzzle. Third blog entry of the day for me, so this will probably be briefer than usual. Across 1 HARRIS – double def. I was confused about … Read more “Times Saturday 23665 (July 28)”

Solving time 6:23 Sorry – another overdue posting which I just realised I was due to write. I had at least solved the puzzle and scrawled a rough version of this. Mostly straightforward, but one … Read more “Sunday Times 4234”

Solving time – 14:08 Sorry about the briefness of today’s post, but I haven’t got much time, so just brief clue explanations I’m afraid. Across 1 M,IS,MAT,CH – CH = “Companion of Honour” 5 NIPPER … Read more “Times Saturday 23659 (July 21)”

Solving time 10:46 Not too much difficulty here for a Saturday puzzle, and I would have gone under 10 minutes but for spending a while trying to decide what the first letter of 21ac should … Read more “Times Saturday 23653 (July 14)”

Solving time – about 40 mins over two sessions. This was a quite brilliant puzzle which even had a thread dedicated to it at the Crossword Centre, so I feel obliged to put up a … Read more “Times Saturday 23647 (July 7) – brilliant!”

Solving time 15:25 Just a quick report this week – I’ve had ADSL problems (again!) and the hard disk of my main PC died too, so it’s been a busy and frustrating weekend. Across 1 … Read more “Times Saturday 23641 (June 30)”