Month: February 2009

Solving time 9:28 On the Crossword Club Bulletin board, someone asked why I continued to belong to and support the Times Crossword Club despite all the accessibility and other problems. I gave a long answer, … Read more “Times 24146”

Solving time : 25 minutes Another reasonably straightforward puzzle of I guess average difficulty. A certain London-centric flavour laced with Christian religious references. Other than that, no obscurities, one or two minor quibbles, a couple … Read more “Times 24,145 Sweeney Todd Finds God”

Solving time: 30 minutes Quite straightforward – it was pretty much clear what to do in each clue. I didn’t know Toscanini, although he looks slightly familiar. I also hadn’t heard of Berlin blue. Across … Read more “Times Cryptic (Number 24144)”

… yep, where you’ll find English cricket, me hearties. By the way, I gather the Aussies refer to Kevin P as ‘FIGJAM’ – “F*** I’m Good – Just Ask Me”. Anyway, an engaging puzzle with … Read more “ST 4314 (1st Feb 2009) – Down among the dead men …”

A very enjoyable weekday puzzle with some amusing clues which would surely produce a couple of sniggers. The Scottish connection extended to Puck in Guardian which introduced me to a nickname for Edinburgh. ACROSS1 HERODOTUS … Read more “Times 24,142 – Mentioning The Unmentionable”

Solving time: 17:57 I would probably have done this slightly faster if the letter-counts had not been wrong for most of the clues in the new-style print-out. I skipped yesterday’s puzzle and so was unprepared. … Read more “Times 24141 – wrong numbers again”

When I solved it, the online version had botched enumerations (answerlengths in brackets) in most of the on-line down clues. The clue numbers are correct, and only 13D turned out to be a multi-word answer … Read more “24140 – wrong numbers …”