Solving time: 28.20. I had hoped that the crossword gods would give me a break after Samuel Johnson two weeks ago, but no such luck – I found this very hard indeed. The top half … Read more “Times Crossword 24346”
Month: October 2009
Jumbo 835
Solving time: 30:35 – roughly a jumbo par, as they seem to take about three times as long as cryptics. Some very ingenious clues here, so straight on to the explanations. Across 1 B(A,R(oo)M,AN – … Read more “Jumbo 835”
Times 24,345
Solving time: 15:23 Reasonably steady solve until after 10 minutes I had only three left (4 (SUBSTANCES), 6 (THE BEAR) and 7 (COMMA)). And they took another 5 minutes. Looking at them now I can’t … Read more “Times 24,345”