This cute little feller is part of the the ‘bird on a box’ picture that accompanies 404 / file not found errors on the Times Online site. In theory I’m breaching copyright, but I coudn’t … Read more “Bird on a box”
Month: February 2008
COD bonus puzzle
This is just a louder endorsement than the one already given by dorset_jimbo for Anax’s first COD bonus puzzle. If you trek over to his Times COD site, you’ll find it. Haven’t finished it yet … Read more “COD bonus puzzle”
23,843 – floundered
Solving time – 16:35 (with one answer missing). Well, I managed to fill the grid reasonably quickly (except for 27a) but a lot of answers went in as semi-confident guesses as I didn’t understand some … Read more “23,843 – floundered”
Times 23,842
Solving time: 17:44 Found this rather tricky. Some odd words cropping up. I don’t know if I have come across ETCHANT before, so having such interesting wordplay was a challenge. And LOGE (box) and PETER … Read more “Times 23,842”
23,841 – pangrammatic poser
Solving time:23 minutes when unwisely solved late last night. I thnk it should have taken about 15. Lots of fiendish clues – it was quite hard to find a few to miss out. Given the … Read more “23,841 – pangrammatic poser”
Times 23,840 – A late Valentine
Across 1 SCATTERBRAINED – how do you make it? You ‘scatter’ BREADIN* is how. 12 WATERMARK – W(ith) A TERM ARK. 13 ESCARGOT – true, not much is slower than a snail – CARGO in … Read more “Times 23,840 – A late Valentine”
Times Club – e-mail from the Times Editor
Today, a letter from James Harding, Editor of The Times, was sent to all crossword club members. Here’s what it said Dear Mr MemberSurname, This is a letter of apology. I know that you have … Read more “Times Club – e-mail from the Times Editor”
23839 – Testing
I did this in a few installments over the day. Probably about an hour altogether – I never really got going.I did really enjoy it, although I think it was one of the harder Mondays … Read more “23839 – Testing”
Mephisto 2476 – Mike Laws – THAT problem!
Solving time: about 1hr 30m Tough puzzle. This took me 3 sittings to complete, and after sittings 1 and 2 I had gone away scratching my head over a few things – also hindered by what I … Read more “Mephisto 2476 – Mike Laws – THAT problem!”
ST 4263 (Sun 10 Feb) – Pro errata
Solving time: 6:30 Some good clues in this. As usual, this puzzle contained ERRATA, but for once only as a clue answer (15ac) – there were no editorial howlers this week (that I spotted, anyway). … Read more “ST 4263 (Sun 10 Feb) – Pro errata”