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 “Times Jumbo 867”
Day: 1st May 2010
Times Saturday 24520 (April 24th) – best this year?
Solving time – irrelevant. This was one to be savoured like a fine wine rather than gulped down in a couple of swallows. Very tricky and hardly any giveaway clues – I had about three … Read more “Times Saturday 24520 (April 24th) – best this year?”
TLS 828 (9 April) – plus a bonus RBQ-type question
Solving time: 30:00 (2 wrong) For once I didn’t make any daft mistakes, my two wrong answers being down to ignorance in the case of 25D (DEAN) and, arguably, unfairness on the part of the … Read more “TLS 828 (9 April) – plus a bonus RBQ-type question”