Solving time : 11:27 Lots of interesting words in an almost pangrammatic grid. I suppose “bicycle quip” is not a common phrase. I am not very good at sporting references, but for some reason there … Read more “23466: no cricket, no queue”
Month: December 2006
23,465 – hurrying too much? / Puzzle difficulty
Solving time: 5:08 This could, and probably should, have been a sub-5 time, but I was delayed by first writing AMEND at 4, and by initially guessing SA(LIE)NT at 25, with part of the wordplay … Read more “23,465 – hurrying too much? / Puzzle difficulty”
23,464 – Not caught out; if only Flintoff, Jones et al could say the same…
Solving time: 8:46 A mixed bag today, including a few old chestnuts, but I seemed to look at the harder clues first – on two or three occasions I spent 10-15 secs on a clue, … Read more “23,464 – Not caught out; if only Flintoff, Jones et al could say the same…”
23463 – Gracious me…
…did you get the picture of a gang of chimps reclothing Caratacus in old, perished underwear? Solving time : 58 minutes. Quite happy with that time. I was left with two to get and was … Read more “23463 – Gracious me…”
Sunday Times 4200/hang on – not so fast
The SE corner held me up: took me as long to solve as the all the rest of the puzzle: total 1/2h. All in all, not as easy as last week’s and slowed down my … Read more “Sunday Times 4200/hang on – not so fast”
Saturday Times 23456
Solving time 15:34 I was going to mention the interesting puzzle number with consecutive digits, and that the next time this happens will be some time in 2042, but Pete beat me to it last … Read more “Saturday Times 23456”
Jumbo 669 – religion and deletions / One month in …
Solving time: 18:55 A good selection of answers here, and some interesting clues. Quite a bit of religion – a creed, baptism, apostle, heretic, and Vishnu and his equivalent of nectar too. Also some interesting … Read more “Jumbo 669 – religion and deletions / One month in …”
23,461 – Little to stir the old sweats (yes, I’m doing it again!)
Solving time : 6m08s felt not particularly quick for an easy puzzle, but on reflection a lot of the answers were quite hard, even if the clues weren’t. For instance, I couldn’t have been confident … Read more “23,461 – Little to stir the old sweats (yes, I’m doing it again!)”