Solving time : Egads! with a few frustration breaks and a search for coffee, 95 whopping minutes, and that includes using some google and Bradfords This is the most difficult crossword I’ve encountered in the … Read more “Times 23878 – don’t forget your toothbrush”
Month: April 2008
Championships – closing dates and more …
Dates given in the championship entry details today: Puzzle Published Entries postmarked no later than Solution published Qualifier 1 Thu April 3 Thu April 10 Fri April 11 Qualifier 2 Thu May 1 Thu May … Read more “Championships – closing dates and more …”
23,877 – a bit easier than I expected
Solving time 9:43 After putting up the placeholder, I forgot that my e-mail inbox would still receive the comments. So from subject lines, I got the idea that this had been a struggle for some. … Read more “23,877 – a bit easier than I expected”
Championship qualifiers
Thursday’s puzzle is the first qualifier for this year’s Times Crossword Championship. We won’t of course have reports on these until after entries have closed. We’ll say whether the blogger thought the puzzle was easy … Read more “Championship qualifiers”
Times 23,876 – X marks the spot
I had one major difficulty here, as will become apparent. 17 minutes of which the last five were spent inwardly debating, and then externally checking, 9 across. Across 5 BRAHMS – as in half of … Read more “Times 23,876 – X marks the spot”