Solving time: 33:37 Nice puzzle. Excellent surface readings in a number of clues, some convoluted wordplay, and a couple of tricky clues to fathom out at the end. I enjoyed this one. Across 1 TIMES … Read more “Jumbo 725 – Quite a treat”
Month: November 2007
Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 19 – your times please
This one’s different … This contest is for the six preliminary round puzzles from the Times Championship. Please give your tmes in the order the puzzles appeared in the paper – different from the championship … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 19 – your times please”
Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 18 – your times please
End of the road I’m running out of time for doing results of these contests as well as the other blogging things I do. So unless the number of entrants shoots up, I’m going to … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 18 – your times please”
23,760 – Bish! Bash! Bosh!
A good crossword to mark my last Times for the Times blog (at least for the time being!). I found this one quite challenging at times with some of the answers sitting on the tip … Read more “23,760 – Bish! Bash! Bosh!”
New bloggers
My appeal the other day was mostly successful. After his final report tomorrow, dhogg’s Friday slot will be shared between jackkt and neildubya who’s already on the sub’s bench. dorsetjimbo and glheard will be sharing … Read more “New bloggers”
Times 23,759
Solving time: 15:10 Lots of clever and funny clues. I might choose the simple 14D as clue of the day. No obscure words, though some less than obvious meanings. One I don’t understand altogether, namely … Read more “Times 23,759”
23,758 – Championship Prelim 2, Puzzle 2
This puzzle seems to have been the main reason for 13 of the first 25 finishers in this prelim making a mistake, with the main culprit WICKET for PICKET at 20D. (See my results – … Read more “23,758 – Championship Prelim 2, Puzzle 2”
Your blog needs you!
We need some new blood on the blogging team. After this Friday’s report we’re losing dhogg – to whom thanks for his work over the last year – and one or two others have said … Read more “Your blog needs you!”
Times 23757 – older slipways
I found the clues to be a mixed bag — lots of easy clues but with quite a few hard ones that slowed me down considerably towards the end. Almost all across clues in the … Read more “Times 23757 – older slipways”
Times 23756
Solving time 20 minutes – a fairly easy start to the week. Across 11 ARABI(A)N SEA(an airbase)* 12 POINT TO POINTERS – my COD; short, amusing and clever 14 FANCY MAN – I’m not sure … Read more “Times 23756”