Solving time : 20 minutes A very easy puzzle with no particular talking points Across 1 BARD – On Edit BAR-(Eisteddfo)D (missed the important bit out. Thanks Peter);reference The Gorsedd of Bards who meet in … Read more “Times 23858 A Breeze In The Gale”
Month: March 2008
Mephisto 2479 – Mike Laws
This was one of the hardest Mpehisto’s I’ve tackled in a while. The bottom half didn’t take long at all, but after a first sitting the top half was almost empty (4d was the only … Read more “Mephisto 2479 – Mike Laws”
Times 23857 – bit of music, bit of Latin
Later than I had planned to post – and later than I had planned to solve. Plans change – sorry about that.Solved in just over 50 mins – not as difficult as some recent ones, … Read more “Times 23857 – bit of music, bit of Latin”
ST 4266 (Sun 2 Mar) – Low ebb
Solving time: Gave up on 28ac after 10 mins. I did try again later, without success; it turned out that a crossing answer (25dn) was wrong. The clues in this puzzle were extremely verbose with … Read more “ST 4266 (Sun 2 Mar) – Low ebb”
Times Saturday 23850 (March 1st)
Solving time 16:18 Fairly tricky in places, with a couple of bits of dodgy wordplay. I need a bit of help to understand 2D, but the rest are straightforward enough. Across 1 PEG,A,SUS – according … Read more “Times Saturday 23850 (March 1st)”
Times 23,855
Solving time: 10:38 Well there you go. You wait for one Theod blog to come along (probably not!) and two arrive together… …after a prolonged spell on the subs bench with little practice on … Read more “Times 23,855”
Times Jumbo 743 – PB’s anyone?
Solving time: 22:30 I solved this Jumbo on the Saturday afternoon of a nice, relaxing weekend break so I had no intention of “intense” solving. However, I found this probably the most straightforward Jumbo I … Read more “Times Jumbo 743 – PB’s anyone?”
Times 23,854
Solving time: 24:08 I steamed through the top half of this (except for 5, which took me ages to justify) and thought I might be heading for a record time for me. Then the bottom … Read more “Times 23,854”
Sloggers and Betters 4 – a pub and meal evening on 4/4
As some readers will know, we’ve had a few evening meetings at London pubs for contributors to and readers of this blog, fifteensquared and Tony Sever’s RTC3. Both times, we’ve also had some setters present. … Read more “Sloggers and Betters 4 – a pub and meal evening on 4/4”
23853 – Easy for a Wednesday
Solving time 6:21 Quick start with a very easy 1A and chestnutty 10 and 12, so most of the top filled in quickly, then ran out of speed in the bottom half. Can’t see any … Read more “23853 – Easy for a Wednesday”