Solving time: 4:12 There were some good clues this week (such as 21ac, 24ac, 27ac) but much of this was pretty mediocre with lots of extraneous words used to mould the clues’ surface readings. I … Read more “ST 4404 (Sun 24 Oct) – Swede chestnuts”
Day: 30th October 2010
Mephisto 2617 – Mike Laws
I found this one fairly straightforward – 61 minutes, with no books used. S for “starter” next to clue numbers shows the ones I solved the first time I looked at them. E for “ender” … Read more “Mephisto 2617 – Mike Laws”
Saturday Times 24676 (23rd Oct)
I found this one really tough, although maybe I was just feeling a bit battered after a long session of Listener, Magpie and TLS puzzles! About 38 minutes to finish it in all. Sorry this … Read more “Saturday Times 24676 (23rd Oct)”
TLS 851 (8th Oct)
As usual I managed to get about half of this before resorting to Google etc. I actually left it alone for a couple of weeks, only finishing it last weekend in a gruelling session which … Read more “TLS 851 (8th Oct)”