Solving time – not recorded but over 20 minutes. I got a bit bogged down with this one (which I only solved this morning, as I’ve been very busy at work and had a crossword-free … Read more “Times Saturday 23982 (Aug 2)”
Month: August 2008
Times Crossword 23987
Solving time: 9.38 This all seemed to fall into place fairly easily, with two of the long answers round the border going in right away (1ac and 8d) and the other two yielding without too … Read more “Times Crossword 23987”
Times 23,986
Solving time: 12:47 A fast start, then slowed up, particularly in the South West corner. This was partly because I put the wrong answer in for 25D. “Religious work the speaker does (4)” could almost … Read more “Times 23,986”
23,985
Solving time 13:47 Not too bad a time for this, though the NE corner felt rather slow – 6,8,10,12,18 in particular. Across 1 Algernon SWIN(BURN)E 6 MICAH – (1,C) in Ham rev. 9 SEAL OFF … Read more “23,985”
Mephisto 2500 Mike Laws
I’m doing this for Robert who is currently indisposed Congratulations to Mephisto on reaching 2,500. I guess Mephisto had reached about number 250 when I finished my first. Throughout the standard has been high and … Read more “Mephisto 2500 Mike Laws”
Times 23,984
Solving time : 20 minutes, most of which was spent rounding up a small number of recalcitrant answers in 9 ac, 22 ac and 27 ac. I got off to a flying start down the … Read more “Times 23,984”
23983
Solving time: 56 minutes Took me quite a while to get going on this. I got the long answer at 1D straight away, but none of the across answers from this came at first go. … Read more “23983”
Jumbo 767 (July 19th)
Solving time 28:53 Anything under 30 minutes is good for me – in fact this is only about the third time I’ve managed that, so this must have been at the easier end of the … Read more “Jumbo 767 (July 19th)”
ST 4287 (27th July 2008) – You Can Leave Your Hat On
Solving time: 22 minutes, and following a common pattern with the Sunday – around 8 minutes to do all but two clues, then a lot of head scratching and uncertainty to get it finished up. … Read more “ST 4287 (27th July 2008) – You Can Leave Your Hat On”
Times Saturday 23976 (26th July)
Solving time 17:30 I thought I was heading for a fairly quick time for this one, until I got down to three left in the SE corner (25A, 22D, 23D). That’s when I ground to … Read more “Times Saturday 23976 (26th July)”