… for a London pub and dinner gathering on Thursday. Please let me know promptly if you would like to come – especially for the dinner part – anyone can turn up at the pub … Read more “Sloggers and Betters 5 – last call …”
Month: May 2009
Times 24228 – Hold the Line!
Solving time: 22 minutes Music: Delius, North Country Sketches, Groves/RPO A walk in the park, which is a mighty good thing because I had a very exhausting weekend, clocking over 22 hours of work time … Read more “Times 24228 – Hold the Line!”
ST 4328 (Sun 10 May) – Antiestablishmentarianism
Solving time: 8:25 Not the best puzzle this week with lots of loose clues and crosswordese. I have queries at 13ac, 19dn and 21dn. * = anagram, “X” = sounds like ‘X’. Across 1 INHERITANCE; … Read more “ST 4328 (Sun 10 May) – Antiestablishmentarianism”
Jumbo 812
Late again, mea culpa. I have a tendency to solve the Jumbo, make notes, then forget about it… No great problems here, apart from a single new word (43 ac) makes this a Q0-E7-D5. As … Read more “Jumbo 812”
Mephisto 2541 Paul McKenna
After last week’s puzzle that hardly required one to consult Chambers this one is rather harder and needed a reference for most of the clues. This is not my favourite grid because of all those … Read more “Mephisto 2541 Paul McKenna”
Saturday Times 24221 – here at last!
Sorry about the delay in posting this – it really was a case of circumstances beyond my control, and I’m now finally making time for it after midnight on Monday. I was quite pleased with … Read more “Saturday Times 24221 – here at last!”
A new tool?
There’s some hype at the moment about WolframAlpha, a “computational knowledge engine” which, judging by some of the videos, can do some very clever things. It goes live at midnight UTC tonight. The information currently … Read more “A new tool?”
Jumbo 813 (Bank Holiday Monday, 4 May)
Solving time: 25:40, 1 mistake (24D) An easyish Jumbo, but with plenty of interesting words and wordplay. One careless mistake from me, so I’m wearing that cap again.. Across 1 EX,CEL(l) – an easy enough … Read more “Jumbo 813 (Bank Holiday Monday, 4 May)”
Times Crossword 24226
Solving time: 12.14 One of those worrying puzzles where I was left at the end with three completely unconnected blanks – 19A, 6D and the 18D/23A duo in the SE corner. I’m still a bit … Read more “Times Crossword 24226”
Times 24225
Solving time: 16:41 – with one wrong (4D) This felt like hard work, but rewarding. After the first run through I had a scattering of answers and a complete blank in the North West corner. … Read more “Times 24225”