Category: Weekend Cryptic

Sorry this is a day late, but I was away all day yesterday assisting Pete Biddlecombe on his Crossword course. Solving time 8:43 – one of my fastest times for a Saturday puzzle for a … Read more “Times Saturday 23808 (Jan 12)”

Solving time 14:10 This was one of those puzzles which was a real pleasure to solve – not too difficult, but with loads of interesting and witty clues. I started writing this up just after … Read more “Times Saturday 23802 (Jan 5)”

Last week’s Sunday Times is due for blogging tomorrow. Unfortunately I may not be able to post tomorrow. If I can’t, I’ll try to do so on Monday. If it hasn’t appeared by Tuesday, it … Read more “ST 4257”

Solving time 26:55 I was held up for over 10 minutes on the last answer because I put FAST BOWLER in quite early for 22A, which left T?C?E for 23D. There were plenty of good … Read more “Times Saturday 23796 (29 Dec)”

…will not be blogged tomorrow, as it seems to be unavailable from the online Times Crossword Club. Perhaps this is because there wasn’t a crossword last Sunday? If there was, please feel free to comment.

Solving time 12:15 Quite a lot of Brit references in this one that may have had overseas solvers scratching their heads, e.g. ISA, TA, D = old money, “Smoke’s part”. Across 4 BI(PART,ISA)N – ISA … Read more “Saturday Times 23791 (Dec 22)”

I forgot to note down my solving time for this, but I seem to remember it was about 16 minutes-ish. Quite good for me considering the sometimes tortuous wordplay! Doing the blog at the unholy … Read more “Times Saturday 23779 (Dec 08)”

Solving time: 7 minutes This puzzle was pretty straightforward, considering that I don’t usually do the ST, but had some of those little faults that often make it an unsatisfying puzzle for me. Across 1 … Read more “ST 4253 – easy enough, but …”

Solving time 15:14 There were a few difficult words in here but nothing that couldn’t be figured out from the wordplay, and I enjoyed the challenge. Across 1 OVERSEAS – “overseize”. It is noised??? What … Read more “Times Saturday 23773 (Dec 1)”

Looking at the puzzle again this morning I see I forgot to note down my time. Quite annoying really, as I remember it was quite a quick solve, around the 10-minute mark. I got the … Read more “Times Saturday 23767 (Nov 24)”