A moderately difficult one this – about an hour to solve, though with a fair amount of looking up. A few less words than usual – 16 each of across and down rather than the … Read more “Mephisto 2530 – Mike Laws”
Month: February 2009
Jumbo 800 (Feb 14th)
Solving time 37:46, which is about average for me. A milestone number, and published on Valentine’s Day too, but no sign of a theme. How boring! The puzzle turned out to be one of two … Read more “Jumbo 800 (Feb 14th)”
Saturday Times 24155 (21st Feb)
Solving time 11:53, much easier than the previous couple of weeks! A few bits of general knowledge required, but it was all stuff I already knew so no problems there. I’ve got a bit of … Read more “Saturday Times 24155 (21st Feb)”
Club changes
I went to print today’s Saturday cryptic and found there is now a button with an option to print a grey grid to save ink. Brilliant! This was a suggestion I wrote to them about and … Read more “Club changes”
Times 24160
This one took me about 45 minutes having got off to a slow start. I kept thinking of answers or parts of answers but was unable to complete or explain them. Eventually I settled down … Read more “Times 24160”
Times Championship – a date for some of your diaries
I’ve just heard that this year’s championship will be on Sunday October 11th. As far as I know location and everything else are the same as the last few years, except that the puzzles will … Read more “Times Championship – a date for some of your diaries”
Times 24159: Hav I go word fo yo!
Solving time : With many distractions, about 25 minutes and I hope I get this blog in before the internet here dies or my laptop does. Some tricky subtraction clues in this one, so let’s … Read more “Times 24159: Hav I go word fo yo!”
Times 24158
9:33 for this – so pretty much average difficulty. This is a slightly disappointing grid, with no very long answers, but it does have every answer-length from three to ten letters. Wordplays read well throughout … Read more “Times 24158”
Sunday Times 4316
Sunday Times 4316 This should probably have been a sub-5 minute puzzle for me, as there were plenty of easy clues. But I made a poor start by guessing at SIEVER for 1A. I didn’t … Read more “Sunday Times 4316”
Times Cryptic 24157 Not So Elimentary Watson
Solving time : 35 minutes I really liked this puzzle which has a goodly number of smoothly worded clues and at times quite complex wordplay. I can’t say that anything particularly held me up and … Read more “Times Cryptic 24157 Not So Elimentary Watson”