Solving time 15:44 I’ve also now (finally) updated the blog entry for the previous Saturday (23677), which can be found here. This was quite an interesting puzzle with some excellent wordplay in places, although there … Read more “Times Saturday 23683 (Aug 18th)”
Month: August 2007
Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 6 – your times please
This is a weekly unofficial contest based on your times for the Times cryptic crossword from Saturday to Friday. I’m harbouring hopes for my first win this week after Mark G told me that he’d … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 6 – your times please”
23,688 – Deliver me from slow times
A dose of Fridayitis for me today – my slowest Friday solve in ages, at 22 minutes and a few seconds. I’m not quite sure why it took so long, but once I had worked … Read more “23,688 – Deliver me from slow times”
23,687 – riddling askant
Solving time: 11:09 I was told at last night’s drinks that we crossword bloggers should be less sycophantic. But this is a particularly good puzzle, with lots of imaginative approaches, and smooth and witty surfaces. … Read more “23,687 – riddling askant”
23,686 – ou you are awful, but I like you!
Easily the slowest of the week so far for me. Good start with 1A, though wordplay not fully understood at the time, but then slowed down a bit. The right hand side seemed easier than … Read more “23,686 – ou you are awful, but I like you!”
Times 23685/mercy!
Solving time: 37:50 Pretty straightforward pour moi – though had to defer to refs for a couple (couldn’t place the two Dickens refs: Jarndyce and Miss Pecksniff). Other than STOT, vocab was all pretty familiar … Read more “Times 23685/mercy!”
Mephisto 2450 / Tim Moorey – in the shade
Solving time: say 80 minutes, no books As presented on the Times club website, this puzzle had a grid with two diagonal sequences of squares shaded, but no preamble. There may have been some instructions … Read more “Mephisto 2450 / Tim Moorey – in the shade”
23684 – ok today
Time: 38:30 — I am well pleased with this time. It is the first time I have completed a Times puzzle on the train to London (42 mins), although I have completed a couple of … Read more “23684 – ok today”
Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 5 – results
Mark Goodliffe wins the mini-championship by a country mile this week, but there were fewer mistakes than in the previosu couple of weeks and some close contests, with the margins between Sabine and Tony, and … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 5 – results”
Times Saturday 23677 (Aug 11)
Profuse apologies to those who were waiting for this to arrive earlier in the week, but I had a hectic week at work combined with a lot of evening social occasions (Sloggers & Betters 3 … Read more “Times Saturday 23677 (Aug 11)”