Solving time 8:20 I suspect I’m relatively slow on this one – 11D took quite a while to work out, and the anag at 27 kept me fooled for a while. Across 9 PERM,AFRO,St. “Curly … Read more “23,536 – reprises”
Month: February 2007
Times 23535/must watch more TV
Solving time: 47’ No need to time myself to the hundredth of a second today: I was held up by 6D, 10A and 23D for about 15 minutes. The last two being subtraction clues (can … Read more “Times 23535/must watch more TV”
23,534 – very easy
Solving time 4:25 Good start with 1A,2,3,4 straight away though 4 showed up one of my occasional spelling idiocies – “theif”. Quite a few wordplay details worked out in full afterwards, but there was enough … Read more “23,534 – very easy”
ST 4212 – Ewe what?
Solving time: 8:52, one mistake (6 dn). I didn’t enjoy this much for several reasons, from obscure/invented phrases (11ac, 21ac) to incorrect wordplay (9ac, 18dn) to a frustrating finale when I was left with a … Read more “ST 4212 – Ewe what?”
Times Saturday 23527 – Happy Birthday Roy Dean!
Solving time 24:22 I found this quite tricky, with a few obscure words to puzzle over. I noticed the phrase CHAMPION SOLVER in 21 and 24 across, and thought “Bloody need to be to finish … Read more “Times Saturday 23527 – Happy Birthday Roy Dean!”
Times 23,532 – Quite easy
I found this quite easy – two well-known London references, both long words, solved first time round, no devilishly tricky wordplay, initial slow progress with the acrosses being compensated for with fast solving of the … Read more “Times 23,532 – Quite easy”
23531 – another easy Thursday
Solving time : 7:00 A quick time for me. I felt lucky to know “proa” and “ophicleide” without thinking. And the Hittite is probably the second Uriah one would think of. But otherwise I didn’t … Read more “23531 – another easy Thursday”
23,530 – U?M? !
Solving time 10:50 Inevitably, after someone said something nice about sub-10 solvers yesterday, I dropped out of that category today, so I wonder whether Tony will emerge from the pampas grass to beat me again … Read more “23,530 – U?M? !”
Times 23529/Fear and loathing
Solving time: 45’ Maybe it was my mood or maybe the setter’s, but there seemed to be a lot of anxiety and worry in this puzzle: engineers feeling uncertain in a nation gripped by fear, … Read more “Times 23529/Fear and loathing”
Times 23528
[I’m posting this on behalf of David Hogg…]My first go at blogging a Times crossword. A certain amount of literary knowledge was required to complete the puzzle – two across clues required you to know … Read more “Times 23528”