Solving time: About 50 mins An amiable romp with some challenging clues (well, they challenged me) and some old favourites; a fitting puzzle for the last Monday in May. I’m not going to speculate on … Read more “Times 24234 – I wonder what became of all the Rockers and the Mods?”
Month: May 2009
Mephisto 2542 – calling Mephisto Virgins …
For the second time in three puzzles this one, like 2540, is a fairly gentle Mephisto which new Mephisto solvers should find approachable. Solving time: about 20 minutes, with one dictionary look-up but also one … Read more “Mephisto 2542 – calling Mephisto Virgins …”
ST 4329 (Sun 17 May) – Philtre trip
Solving time: several days. Most of this fell out quickly but I couldn’t get 27ac (PHILTRE) or 22dn (PROPER) in the solving window available and meant to come back to them later, but forgot. As … Read more “ST 4329 (Sun 17 May) – Philtre trip”
Saturday Times 24227 (May 16)
Forgot to record a time for this one, but I think it was around 15 mins. Sorry it’s a bit brief, but I’m rushing to fit it in again. Across 1 LIGAMENT – GAME in … Read more “Saturday Times 24227 (May 16)”
Times 24232 – Worst Nightmare
Time taken to solve: Off the scale. I resorted to aids after an hour. I might have appreciated this excellent tough puzzle more if it hadn’t been my day to blog. As it was I’m afraid … Read more “Times 24232 – Worst Nightmare”
Jumbo 814 – 9th May 2009
I really didn’t enjoy this at all. In fact if I hadn’t known I was blogging it I would probably have screwed it up after about 15 minutes. It seemed to be hard just for … Read more “Jumbo 814 – 9th May 2009”
Absent friends
Sorry I can’t be at the bash this evening. My occasional abstinences from the blog meant I missed the initial S&B announcement and sadly it’s too late for me to change plans I had for … Read more “Absent friends”
May. 20th, 2009
Solving time : Did not record – couldn’t get enough time in one sitting to get this finished, but I hope it was a difficult one anyway – there is one answer that I am … Read more “May. 20th, 2009”
Times 24230
Solving time: 7:53 For some reason I expected a difficult puzzle today, but this was pretty straightforward – or suited me well. I started slowly, missing the hidden word first time, but got started with … Read more “Times 24230”
Times 24229 the chicken returned and became a double-crosser!
Solving time : 25 minutes Nothing terribly difficult here but one or two obscurities such as TORII and PERSEPOLIS with a trip down memory lane in the form of GENEVIEVE that overseas solvers may struggle … Read more “Times 24229 the chicken returned and became a double-crosser!”