No recorded time for today’s puzzle, I’m afraid, as I have been combining crossword with politics (I was happy to deputise after I realised I would be sitting up after midnight anyway, watching General election … Read more “Times 24,531”
Month: May 2010
Jumbo 868
Not much to blog about. A straightforward solve, which I did not time accurately, but definitely took under 30 minutes. I was thrown for a bit as the website had the correct grid with, I think, the previous week’s … Read more “Jumbo 868”
Times 24530: two chances to use my new word!
Solving time : 15 minutes, but then some tense moments as I went to look up three answers that were kind of Hail Mary’s, one of which is unresolved. There’s some interesting stuff in here, … Read more “Times 24530: two chances to use my new word!”
24529
Solving time: 20:40, one mistake I found this very difficult, partly from the vocabulary/knowledge required, and partly from tricky wordplay. Across 1 BUCKRAM = cloth – reversal of (MARK=spot (stain on clothing, though possibly “notice” … Read more “24529”
Times 24,528 A Glimpse of Stocking
Solving time 25 minutes A nice enough puzzle of average difficulty with a couple of pieces of quite tricky wordplay. It contains another nod towards maths following logarithm and mantissa that have appeared recently. Three … Read more “Times 24,528 A Glimpse of Stocking”
Celebration puzzles elsewhere today
Guardian 25,000 by Enigmatist – paper solving fogeys like me should click on “PDF version”. Roger Squires (Rufus in the Guardian on many Mondays) has his 1000th puzzle in the Telegraph.
Times 24527 – Stand and Deliver!
Solving time: 30 minutes Music: Van Morrison, Astral Weeks Another two-parter. About 15 minutes for most of it, and then 15 minutes for the last three, and I didn’t make it easy for myself either. … Read more “Times 24527 – Stand and Deliver!”
Mephisto 2391 – Tim Moorey
I don’t recall that much about the solving of this one, I think I did it first thing in the morning last Sunday, I definitely had Chambers and Bradfords at hand and I think it … Read more “Mephisto 2391 – Tim Moorey”
ST 4378 (Sun 25 Apr) – Triskaidekaphobia
Solving time: 5:28 Generally not too difficult and well-clued, with a couple of good long anagrams at 1ac and 27ac. One or two clues let the puzzle down with superfluous words spoiling the cryptic reading, … Read more “ST 4378 (Sun 25 Apr) – Triskaidekaphobia”
Times Jumbo 867
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”