Maphisto 2431 – Mike Laws Solving time: say 75 mins Had a disjointed experience of this. Solved about half to two-thirds on paper when visiting relatives last Sunday – between playing football with one nephew … Read more “Mephisto 2431 – Mike Laws”
Month: April 2007
Times Saturday 23563 – tough for me
Solving time 28:00 (by comparison last week’s Jumbo only took me 24:15) The NE corner gave me the most difficulty, as after completing the rest of the puzzle I had nothing in there at all. … Read more “Times Saturday 23563 – tough for me”
ST 4218 (Sun 1 Apr) – Goonlike schemata
Solving time: 4:15 After some recent improvements, this is another of those puzzles which leaves you wondering if this crossword is edited/proofread at all. Either I have missed something (quite possible), in which case I … Read more “ST 4218 (Sun 1 Apr) – Goonlike schemata”
23,568 – easy enough
Solving time 5:40 A fairly gentle puzzle, which suggests there might be some tougher ones coming up over the weekend. Across 9 EM=me<=,MENTAL 10 CAUL = “call” 13 BEN,TON – ton = fashion is something … Read more “23,568 – easy enough”
23,567 – Kudos for this kicking cracker
Solving time : 16m28s – I have to say that I think this is my out-and-out favourite Times crossword puzzle of at least the last year, an absolutely awesome collection of brilliantly deceptive and witty … Read more “23,567 – Kudos for this kicking cracker”
23,566 – as hard as it looks post-solve?
Solving time 6:58 Despite a fairly long day travelling to the office and back, and not solving until after supper, including a couple of glasses of red, I go through this in fairly quick time. … Read more “23,566 – as hard as it looks post-solve?”
Times 23565/gubbins
Solving time: About an hour but in two sessions The top-half was a lot easier than the bottom. A couple of new words that had me reaching for a dictionary (which had to wait until … Read more “Times 23565/gubbins”
23,564 – Accidentally Like A Martyr
Solving time : About 50 mins I thought this was fair crossword overall; I like puzzles that you can complete without any (or with very little) specialist knowledge. There were a few words that I … Read more “23,564 – Accidentally Like A Martyr”
ST 4217 – Copper-bottomed
Solving time: 4:58 No significant gripes this week, a good and accurate puzzle of about average difficulty for the Sunday Times. Favourite clue was probably 11ac, which reminded me that there are loads of slang … Read more “ST 4217 – Copper-bottomed”