Category: Weekend Cryptic

I had a complete Internet outage last week due to a number of problems (BT work at the exchange mainly, but then they changed my connection protocol without telling me. It seemed to be connecting … Read more “Times Saturday 23629 (16th June)”

Solving time: 6 or 7 mins. I solved this on the train down from Coventry to Euston last Saturday. I don’t know what it is about trains, but my solving skills are always greatly improved … Read more “Times Saturday 23623 – the train takes the strain!”

Solving time 15:59 I got off to a slow start with this one, putting only 3 or 4 answers in on my first run through the clues. I got 1dn wrong at first too, which … Read more “Times Saturday 23617”

[At long last! I’ve been trying to post this from work all day without success] Late again I’m afraid. I don’t seem to get any time at the weekends lately, although that’s really just an … Read more “Times Saturday 23611”

OK, finally got time to do it. Sorry for the delay, it’s been a hectic weekend! I found this a bit easier than most Saturday puzzles, and finished it in 9:32. Not many clues to … Read more “Times Saturday 23605”

Solving time 13:10 An average time for an average crossword I suppose – no particularly tricky clues and no obscure vocabulary required. Not that many clues to write about really. Across 1 FELL,DOWN – interesting … Read more “Times Saturday 23599”

Solving time 21:14 I really should make notes while solving, as now I come to write the blog entry I can’t remember what clues caused me problems or why I took so long to solve … Read more “Times Saturday 23593”

Solving time 12:17 A fairly quick time for me for a Saturday puzzle – I actually didn’t get around to solving it until Monday evening, so maybe that helped. Across 1 DASH – quadruple definition! … Read more “Times Saturday 23587”

Solving time: 3:50 This was closer to the daily crosswords than most ST puzzles in terms of clue accuracy, although much easier, with some nice clues. Quite a quick time but I felt I should … Read more “ST 4221 (Sun Apr 22) – Starters’ orders”

…will appear here. My house was burgled last night so I’ve got a bit to sort out today. I’ll do the blog entry when I get a chance. OK, so I’ve been a bit lazy. … Read more “Saturday Times 23581”