Month: August 2008

Solving time: 7:58 A couple of dodgy clues this week but on the whole a decent puzzle, with nothing too difficult or obscure. * = anagram, “X” = sounds like ‘X’. Across 1 PL(ANT)AIN – … Read more “ST 4291 (Sun 24 Aug) – Lesser of two weevils”

This took me a good hour, so that’s three consective quite difficult days for me and yet again I was very slow getting started. An enjoyable puzzle but nothing special. For a long time I … Read more “Times 24005”

Solving time: 23:52 Because this is appearing late (for which I apologise) it is written in some haste. I shall add any necessary corrections later. I think it was a tough one. Lots of words … Read more “24,004”

A nicely tough work-out. For me the tricky clues were at the bottom, with the last few saolved being 22/24, 17, 16,27,15. COD for me was 5D. A very minor weakness is that one=1 and … Read more “24003”

Solving time: not taken. I’m afraid I lost interest in this puzzle when I realised that there were several more clues than there should have been. It seems that (in the online version) several additional … Read more “ST 4290 (Sun 17 Aug) – Butterfly nuts”

Solving time : 25 minutes I enjoyed this puzzle, which wasn’t difficult but had some nice clues. I particularly like ADAPTOR at 23A. PECK at 26A may give some problems since not everybody had to … Read more “Times 24,002 A Brief Encounter”

Solving time: 39 minutesQuite a straightforward one today. I think they put a reasonably easy one in to encourage more people to try the Bank Holiday Jumbo. I’ll be giving that a go tonight. No … Read more “24001”