My first official blog post so I wasted no time in trying to solve the crossword on the day it was published. A number of new words and phrases came out of the solutions, but … Read more “Jumbo 838 – Expanding my vocabulary”
Month: October 2009
Times 24364 – Nursery Games
A very lively puzzle that took me far longer than it should have done, around 70 minutes. I’m not sure whether the nursery rhyme references are known universally, nor the bit of slang that’s been … Read more “Times 24364 – Nursery Games”
Times 24363 – homesick
Solving time : 9 minutes, and that was after a martini, two bottles of wine and after 11pm, so I suspect this is either on the easier side, or the setter is on my wavelength. … Read more “Times 24363 – homesick”
Times 24362 – Peaking for Snowdon
dd = double definitioncd = cryptic definitionrev = reversed or reversalins = insertioncha = charadeha = hidden answer*(fodder) = anagram What a start to my locum duty for Peter B, probably the person who have … Read more “Times 24362 – Peaking for Snowdon”
Times 24361 Easy-Peasy
Solving time : 15 minutes A very straightforward puzzle with no great obscurities or anything particularly complex. A host of double meanings and some rhyming slang. One or two little niggles. I’m looking for help … Read more “Times 24361 Easy-Peasy”
Times 24360 – Getting hold of a baronet, I……
Solving time: 25 minutes Music: None, I was watching the golf playoff in Las Vegas. Congratulations to the first Scottish winner on the US PGA tour in quite a while – Martin Laird. Not terribly … Read more “Times 24360 – Getting hold of a baronet, I……”
Mephisto 2563 – Mike Laws
I usually find Mike Laws the most difficult of the Mephisto setting team, but there were not all that many unusual words, and some of the odder ones had some easy wordplay and generous checking … Read more “Mephisto 2563 – Mike Laws”
ST 4350 (Sun 11 Oct) – Miseducation
Solving time: 9 mins The worst clue this week is probably 7dn, which is either faulty or just awful. There’s also an incorrect enumeration at 1dn. Actually, I’ve just had a thought. In the same … Read more “ST 4350 (Sun 11 Oct) – Miseducation”
Jumbo 837 – October 3, 2009
The usual Jumbo rubric: as the solution is available alongside (or indeed before) the blog, comment is confined only to references that might remain obscure to overseas / inexperienced solvers even with the answer visible, … Read more “Jumbo 837 – October 3, 2009”
Saturday Times 24353 (10th Oct)
Solving time 22:12. Another one lately that’s probably taken me longer than it should have. I got the two 15-letter entries straight away and had it half finished in about 5 minutes, but then just … Read more “Saturday Times 24353 (10th Oct)”