For those who don’t often visit this currently quiet backwater, here’s what they said yesterday … Thank you for all the ideas and feedback you’ve been sending us for the new site – we’ll do … Read more “New Times Crossword Club Bulletin Board announcement.”
Month: September 2010
24645
Solving time: 62 minutes, 20 of those spent staring at the last three – 20, 23 & 27. Otherwise, slow but steady progress. No new words today, but SATRAP had to be dredged up from … Read more “24645”
Times 24644 – Tarzan, the Apeman
Quite a challenging puzzle (but definitely not a stinker by Peter B’s standards) today with the south-east corner taking up more than half the time. But it was also educational as I learned a couple … Read more “Times 24644 – Tarzan, the Apeman”
Another pub gathering (and some championship chat)
On October 3rd, former Times crossword editor Brian Greer is in London on a visit from Portland, Oregon where he now works. He suggested a gathering in a pub to meet up with me and … Read more “Another pub gathering (and some championship chat)”
24643 – still waiting for a weekday stinker
Solving time: 9:48 The current sequence of relatively easy puzzles continues – I just looked back to see when a weekday puzzle last took me over 15 minutes. Apart from a DEMI/SEMI slip-up which would … Read more “24643 – still waiting for a weekday stinker”
24642
Solving time: About 75 minutes, but in my defence it was very late and I was very tired. I solved probably half the clues on my first pass through, which is a lot for me, … Read more “24642”
Times 24641 – One flower and no insects
Solving Time: 40 minutes It all began well in the NW, with some well constructed but straightforward clues (“beginner’s delight” I was thinking) but then just as quickly turned into something completely different; requiring my … Read more “Times 24641 – One flower and no insects”
ST 4397 – 5th September 2010
Talbinho, your usual blogger, has been struck down by yellow bird syndrome on the Times Crossword Club site, so I’m standing in for one week only. I flew through most of this in about 7 minutes … Read more “ST 4397 – 5th September 2010”
Mephisto 2610 by Paul McKenna
As the puzzle appeared late on the Club Website I had to solve it in two sittings. My first 30 minute effort solved everything to the NW of the NE-SW diagonal and my second of … Read more “Mephisto 2610 by Paul McKenna”
Saturday Times 24634 (September 4th)
Solving time 22:18, so a bit tougher than most recent puzzles. It took me about 3 minutes at the end just to get 24D, as I couldn’t think of anything other than ALOFT, which didn’t … Read more “Saturday Times 24634 (September 4th)”