Solving Time: 45 minutes No, I’m not getting ahead of myself. I’m standing in for vinyl1 this week. There was a goodly helping of anagrams to save my bacon in this one, followed by lashings … Read more “Times 24551 – Fete sounds like… like…”
Month: May 2010
Mephisto 2592: Paul McKenna
Well last weekend was a little bit of a Paul McKenna overload, with a new Auctor Listener puzzle, he also sent me an upcoming Mephisto to test-solve and this one. Head-spinning time. I found this … Read more “Mephisto 2592: Paul McKenna”
ST 4382 (Sun 23 May) – Cabriole eh?
Solving time: 7 mins A little harder to get into than many Sunday Times puzzles, partly because of the awkward grid with four corners connected only by four under-checked seven letter answers, but not too … Read more “ST 4382 (Sun 23 May) – Cabriole eh?”
Saturday Times 24544 (May 22)
No time noted on my copy for some reason, but I don’t think it was more than about 15 minutes. There were a few General Knowledge requirements where being British probably helped (e.g. 25ac, 26ac, … Read more “Saturday Times 24544 (May 22)”
TLS 831 (May 7th)
I got off to what I thought was an excellent start to this one, getting 6 of the first 8 acrosses at first look. Unfortunately one of them was wrong, and I ground to a … Read more “TLS 831 (May 7th)”
Club Monthly, 20116 (May 2010)
Solving time: c70mins, but should have been under an hour really. Back to normal speed after the difficulties (for me, at least) of April’s grid. Another enjoyable, strictly Ximenean solve, ie with no looseness or … Read more “Club Monthly, 20116 (May 2010)”
Times Crossword 24549
Solving time: 12.00 I found this a middling sort of puzzle both in difficulty and entertainment level. One wrongly entered answer (see 4Ac – I really should have known better) caused a bit of a … Read more “Times Crossword 24549”
Jumbo 871 – 15th May 2010
Solving time: Three sessions, totalling about 2 hours, left me with seven, which were filled in over the course of the following week. In complete contrast to the last Jumbo I blogged, I found this … Read more “Jumbo 871 – 15th May 2010”
Times 24548 – Rock n Roll
I am back into the swing today and sashayed my way through the clues which are amusing, entertaining and did not pose too much of a challenge (my way of saying whether I need to … Read more “Times 24548 – Rock n Roll”
Weekly puzzle 2
Here is what should be a fairly easy 15×15 cryptic. If printing from Firefox, I recommend choosing Print Preview, setting the Scaling factor to 90%, and then using the Print… button – this should get … Read more “Weekly puzzle 2”