Solving time: 15:39 I believe Peter recorded a new Jumbo PB for this puzzle. I didn’t find it quite that easy, although probably easier than average. I don’t think I had any significant hold-ups, just … Read more “Jumbo 754 (Sat 3 May) – One of those days?”
Month: May 2008
23915
Solving time: 8:27 Pretty straightforward I thought. I’ll go for 4d as my COD. Across 1 f(ROZE)*n – ZERO. 4 (SO A SPY)* in PLUM – PLAY POSSUM. 11 TO US,LE 14 hidden in “manY … Read more “23915”
Olla Podrida – what slices in our pie?
Another posting for a Friday, where you can chat about anything Times crossword that doesn’t fit elsewhere, but I’ll give you one topic to ponder. And it is you, as I’m off-blog for most of … Read more “Olla Podrida – what slices in our pie?”
Jumbo 755
Solving time 15:43 This puzzle should have appeared on the recent Bank Holiday Monday, but some clot putting together the Times2 supplement put in a repeat copy of the very easy 754. The right jumbo … Read more “Jumbo 755”
Times 23,914
Solving time: 8:49 Reasonably pleased with this time for a puzzle with a lot of unfamiliar words and meanings. MASSÉ and TILLER=shoot I simply did not know. And AMERCE, CATALPA and OBEAH are not part … Read more “Times 23,914”
23,913 – blog and pie chart
Solving time 9:08 Not easy, but nothing terribly hard either. COD nominations: 1D and 17, both for fitting clever changes of word meanings into smooth surfaces. Across 1 SOLE,CISM = M(u)SIC rev. 9 DAN – … Read more “23,913 – blog and pie chart”
Times 23,912 – Run of the Mill?
Around 15 minutes for me, which suggests there will be some fast times today: on the one hand this puzzle required some, to my mind, fairly obscure knowledge in the fields of ancient history, religion, … Read more “Times 23,912 – Run of the Mill?”
23911 – Good One
Time: 24 minutesI found this pretty easy but there was plenty of fun to be had along the way.Although I didn’t write it in, I couldn’t get Paraguay out of my thinking for 1A – … Read more “23911 – Good One”
ST 4275 (Sun May 4) – E for ‘aura’
Solving time: 2:43 An easy puzzle but I just missed a PB, which is very disappointing. A mistake in the clue for 8dn, which is also disappointing. * = anagram, “X” = sounds like ‘X’. … Read more “ST 4275 (Sun May 4) – E for ‘aura’”
Advertising my own stuff
Tucked away in the comments for yesterday’s puzzle was a suggestion that non-Brit solvers needing tips on cricket and the like should have a look at a web-page I wrote a few years ago. It’s … Read more “Advertising my own stuff”