Spare a thought this weekend for competitors in the ACPT – American Crossword Puzzle Tournament – the annual chance for American crossword solvers to get together and test their skills on puzzles like those in … Read more “I say Cheltenham, you say Brooklyn”
Month: February 2008
23849 – Another scorpion
Time taken to solve: About 40 minutes, half of which was spent on 21 across. A very enjoyable puzzle with lots of clues that read really well. I thought I was in for a record … Read more “23849 – Another scorpion”
Times 23848. Don’t drink and solve
Solving time : 45 minutes, with one break, and a lot of deliberation, and there’s two I’m not 100% on. Thanks for the emails and comments about my new Listener blog. I’ll be updating it … Read more “Times 23848. Don’t drink and solve”
23,847 – it’s that red stuff again
Solving time 7:08 A good puzzle which feels like the kind where experience pays off in solving time. Red biddy has definitely been seen in the last few months, and I think track shoe made … Read more “23,847 – it’s that red stuff again”
Times 23846 Roneo, Roneo, wherefore art thou Roneo
Solving time : 30 minutes Some references to times past and a Royalist flavour to this straightforward but enjoyable puzzle. If you’ve never had the pleasure of using a Roneo machine you’re unlikely to know … Read more “Times 23846 Roneo, Roneo, wherefore art thou Roneo”
23845 – doctors and actors
Solved in 33 mins, which I was pretty pleased with. I didn’t have a very good time last week – three puzzles which I didn’t finish without resorting to dictionary or web.I thought this might … Read more “23845 – doctors and actors”
Jumbo 741 (Sat 9 Feb) – Flamed out
Solving time: 12:00 This was probably the easiest Jumbo I’ve seen – but for 51dn I’d finished in about 7:50. Unfortunately it took me another four minutes to spot the answer to that (and even … Read more “Jumbo 741 (Sat 9 Feb) – Flamed out”
Mephisto 2477
I solved this on Tuesday, when it was still not available from the Crossword Club pages but could be found using the Search facility from the main Times website. Actually I sent in a complaint … Read more “Mephisto 2477”
ST 4264 (Sun 17 Feb) – Bowled out
Solving time: 15 mins I had a bit of a shocker on this, especially on 27dn (BOWL) and in the top left where I got stuck on 1ac (STALWART), 2dn (ANIMAL) and 9ac (DRIFTERS?). Clarification … Read more “ST 4264 (Sun 17 Feb) – Bowled out”
Times Saturday 23838 (Feb 16)
Solving time – 12:17 Definitely one for the musical/arts mafia this week. Excellent puzzle though, nothing that required any specialist knowledge really. Across 1 LEWIS,CAR,ROLL – I assume the first children’s author is C.S. Lewis, … Read more “Times Saturday 23838 (Feb 16)”