I found this one quite easy and solved it without aids in 40 minutes having paid more attention to wordplay than I might have done if I were not blogging the puzzle. The abundance of … Read more “Times 24555 – Jimbo’s in that park again!”
Month: June 2010
Times 24554: as the 24 is to 22, so is 2 to funky cold 6
Solving time : 15 minutes. Thought I was going to be stuck for a while, but the last few rushed out. There were a number that I got from the definition alone and am still … Read more “Times 24554: as the 24 is to 22, so is 2 to funky cold 6”
Weekly puzzle 3
A rewarmed dish today which I think one current commenter will dimly remember. If printing from Firefox, I recommend choosing Print Preview, setting the Scaling factor to 90%, and then using the Print… button – … Read more “Weekly puzzle 3”
24553
Solving time: 9:03 A puzzle with some interesting clues, though with quite a lot of old-fashioned looking vocabulary and some fairly gentle literary references. Thanks to the people at the Times who decided to invite … Read more “24553”
Weekly puzzle 2 – solution
Apologies to non-British solvers for some local culture, especially boradcaster Brian Redhead. Across 1 CUM=with,BRIAN=Redhead perhaps 5 USENET – double def – to troll is to send provocative messages on discussion forums, and to fish … Read more “Weekly puzzle 2 – solution”
Times 24,552 – A doddle for ze little grey cells
Solving time 12 minutes A very easy puzzle with few talking points. Even where there are possible quibbles the thing is so simple that they make no difference. The setter appears to prefer hot mustard … Read more “Times 24,552 – A doddle for ze little grey cells”