Solving time 18:48, after a quick start that allowed me to hope for sub-10 minutes. The bad finishing has continued with me all week. Nearly every day I’ve had 4 or 5 at the end … Read more “Saturday Times 24365 (Oct 24)”
Month: October 2009
Jumbo 839 – October 17th 2009 – Apples and Smelter
If you subscribe to the Crossword Club (or still have the paper version lying about), haven’t solved this Jumbo and have a bit of time on your hands, I strongly recommend you have a look at … Read more “Jumbo 839 – October 17th 2009 – Apples and Smelter”
Times Crossword 24370
Solving time: 9.04. Got off to a good start with this, writing in 1A, 1D and 6A at a glance, followed by the long anagram at 4D. The rest mostly flowed at a steady pace, … Read more “Times Crossword 24370”
Times 24,369
Solving time: 21:30 Really sorry this is late. Thanks to George for placeholder and for reminding me about it. Therefore done in a rush and pretty thin. Happy to fill it out as people tell … Read more “Times 24,369”
Times 24368 – The Landed Gentry
dd = double definitioncd = cryptic definitionrev = reversed or reversalins = insertioncha = charadeha = hidden answer*(fodder) = anagram Quite a run-of-the-mill puzzle today. Nothing very difficult but I could not parse a couple. … Read more “Times 24368 – The Landed Gentry”
Times 24,367 – A Religious Education
If I had an icon with a dunce’s cap, I’d be using it now. Solving time 11 and a half minutes, but including one guess, which turned out, upon analysis for blog purposes, to be … Read more “Times 24,367 – A Religious Education”
Times 24366 – “…fast women, slow horses, unreliable sources…”
Solving time: 35mins I would have been about 10 minutes faster had it not been for the NE corner, which I found to be the only tricky bit, despite a number of things which were … Read more “Times 24366 – “…fast women, slow horses, unreliable sources…””
Mephisto 2564 Tim Moorey
Easy Peasy Again I thought that Mephisto 2560 was easy but this was even simpler. The across clues in particular are mostly so obvious that the answers to many of the down clues are in … Read more “Mephisto 2564 Tim Moorey”
ST 4351 (Sun 18 Oct) – Fly in the ointment
Solving time: 4 mins for most of it, twice as long again on 17dn (LINIMENT). A decent puzzle with some good clues, plus a couple of strange ones. I got in a right mess with … Read more “ST 4351 (Sun 18 Oct) – Fly in the ointment”
Saturday Times 24359 (17th Oct)
Solving time not recorded for some reason. I normally write it alongside the grid in my printout, but I must have forgotten last week. Now I remember why. I solved all but 5D in about … Read more “Saturday Times 24359 (17th Oct)”