Just for the record, the club site has a new variety of cock-up today – Times2 Jumbo clues for the cryptic Jumbo, and those clues are obviously for a different grid. I thnk this combines … Read more “Jumbo 868”
Month: April 2010
Championship 2010 – Qualifier 1
This was certainly not the easiest qualifier I have seen. In the past I have cynically thought that they were possibly slightly easier than the norm in order to collect entry fees – not the case for this … Read more “Championship 2010 – Qualifier 1”
Times 24519 – A Hard Day’s Night
I started solving this around midnight-thirty after having problems (yet again) accessing the crossword site. I can’t give a solving time because I was in bed and I nodded off a couple of times when … Read more “Times 24519 – A Hard Day’s Night”
Times Jumbo 866 (Sat 10 April 2010)
Enjoyable puzzle, which I found was on the easy side, solving time, 51 mins. Favourite clues STRAW, DREDGE, HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS, GROVELS, ETCHING * = anagram ACROSS1 MELISSA ELI in (MASS)* Good surface with RC … Read more “Times Jumbo 866 (Sat 10 April 2010)”
Times 24518: in a 17 until we 6 to 5? And happy Earth Day.
Solving time : 27 minutes, which is a complete miracle, given that I started this off rather late after enjoying a delicious dinner and beer tasting. So I didn’t get to this until after several … Read more “Times 24518: in a 17 until we 6 to 5? And happy Earth Day.”
At last the Mephisto 2589 show – Paul McKenna
Solving time: about 100 minutes in 4 sessions I decided to give up bookless solving fairly early on with this one, being pretty much stuck with about 10 answers written in. Sadly, my first entry … Read more “At last the Mephisto 2589 show – Paul McKenna”
24517
Solving time: 10:53 A puzzle with a bit of trickiness – 14A was my first answer in, and the SW corner was last to be completed – 24, 18, 26 and 23 in that order … Read more “24517”
Anax in the FT
Congratulations to Anax, who had his first puzzle in the Financial Times today, under the new pseudonym “Loroso”. Here’s a link to the PDF version. The link should be good for about 3 weeks – … Read more “Anax in the FT”
Times 24,516 Of Tanners and Knuckle Sanwiches
Solving time 25 minutes A far better puzzle than recent offerings with some testing wordplay. I found the eastern half easier than the western and solved in a circle starting in the NE and finishing … Read more “Times 24,516 Of Tanners and Knuckle Sanwiches”
Times 24515 – All Thumbs Eve!
Solving time: 40 minutes Music: Shostakovich, Symphony No. 14, Ormandy/PhilSO Before you laugh too hard at my time, let me point out that it was divided into two parts; 15 minutes for most of the … Read more “Times 24515 – All Thumbs Eve!”