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 862”
Day: 27th March 2010
Saturday Times 24490 (March 20th)
Solving time 16:45, about average, although the online copy I solved was made harder by missing out the clue to 12ac (although I guessed it when I had 4 crossing letters in place). The other … Read more “Saturday Times 24490 (March 20th)”
TLS 823 (March 5th) – cracked it!
Solving time – approx 16 minutes, without aids! Quite a bit of guesswork was involved though, and I’m not 100% certain of 11ac even after subsequent research. A first for me, although I suspect Tony … Read more “TLS 823 (March 5th) – cracked it!”
Club Monthly 20114 – March 2010
Solving time: 1hr 40m – so quite hard, especially the last few clues.. Another high class offering that I can’t find anything to quibble about, though I do have two clues I am not clever … Read more “Club Monthly 20114 – March 2010”