Category: Weekend Cryptic

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)”

Solving time – 12:17 Definitely one for the musical/arts mafia this week. Excellent puzzle though, nothing that required any specialist knowledge really. Across 1 LEWIS,CAR,ROLL – I assume the first children’s author is C.S. Lewis, … Read more “Times Saturday 23838 (Feb 16)”

Solving time 15:12 Should have been quicker, but I got stuck for a while on the last two to go in, 19 across and down, mainly because I couldn’t see why 19d should be GENERAL … Read more “Times Saturday 23832 (Feb 9)”

Solving time 12:55 Almost a pangram, with just the X missing – which is quite surprising as it would have been quite easy to fit the X in, e.g. with NEXT at 25D, changing 28A … Read more “Times Saturday 23826 (Feb 02)”

Solving time 21:00 I found this one a bit hard to get into for some reason, although I can’t remember now which clues caused me any particular difficulty, apart from the last two to go … Read more “Times Saturday 23820”

No time recorded last week, but it felt quite straightforward with no major holdups, so I’d guess around 10-12 minutes. Across 1 COME,DIAN(a) 9 MUD,DYING 10 BURIAL – “berry’ll”, scraping the bottom of the barrel, … Read more “Times Saturday 23814 (Jan 19)”