Solving time 8:32 A minute or so on RETRENCH at the end made up for earlier luck on ANCESTRAL and TRIERARCH. Speed and commentsI was pleased to see a comment on yesterday’s puzzle from Times2 … Read more “23883”
Month: April 2008
Sloggers and Betters 4 – photos
Pictures are at: http://picasaweb.google.com/fifteensquaredI’m about to add comments to them to identify people.
More than you ever want to know about grids
Last week we had a slight delay on a report when the Times website had no grid for a puzzle. To get round this if it happens again (or the more likely ‘wrong grid’ problem), … Read more “More than you ever want to know about grids”
Times 23882 Goodfunsy
Solving time : 35 minutes A reasonable and enjoyable puzzle with no particularly outstanding features Across 1 GARFIELD – (red flag)* US President James Garfield assassinated 1881 5 WHOLLY – W(ine-merchant)-HOLLY 8 AIM – A1 … Read more “Times 23882 Goodfunsy”
Times 23881 – reaping the whirlwinds
Solving time: 38 minutes I finished up in the NE corner, which I found the most difficult – and I spent quite a bit of time on 5D – the last to go in.I am … Read more “Times 23881 – reaping the whirlwinds”
Mephisto 2483 – Tim Moorey
I’ve found the last few Mephistos pretty tricky and this was no exception, took about four sittings to finish it, and liberal use of Bradfords. Even after getting the two 12-letter words straight off, there … Read more “Mephisto 2483 – Tim Moorey”
ST 4270 (Sun 30 Mar) – Diplomatic immunity
Solving time: 10:22 A bit slow on this, especially in the bottom left. A mixture of good clues and bad, and a couple of synonyms I’m not convinced by, but no outright mistakes that I … Read more “ST 4270 (Sun 30 Mar) – Diplomatic immunity”
Times Saturday 23874 (Mar 29) – placeholder
Parents visiting from Cyprus this weekend, so I don’t know whether I’ll find time to do the blog today. Can’t even find last week’s solution grid at the moment, may have to re-solve it! It … Read more “Times Saturday 23874 (Mar 29) – placeholder”
23879
Solving time – 11:13 Did the bulk of this in about 7 minutes but the NE corner proved something of a stumbling block. Eventually got 1d and the others followed fairly quickly after that. 1a … Read more “23879”
Jumbo 747 – a REAL Jumbo puzzle!
Solving time: 30:32 Unbelievably I spotted a few of the thematic answers as I worked through the puzzle, but it was not until completion that I sat back and noticed the number of the puzzle! … Read more “Jumbo 747 – a REAL Jumbo puzzle!”