Crossword Club members should now have received e-mails announcing that the new site is live and telling you how to set up your details. I’ve had a quick look. You can now complete cryptic crosswords … Read more “New club site now released”
Month: October 2010
24661
Solving time: 10:58 I thought this would be my first report on a puzzle published on the new club site, but it looks like the last from the old one. It’s definitely my last before … Read more “24661”
Times 24,660 Lady Brett Meets Salome
Solving time 25 minutes An excellent puzzle requiring a good range of GK and the ability to unravel some interesting clues. Unusually for me I completed the left hand side first and then worked on … Read more “Times 24,660 Lady Brett Meets Salome”
Times 24659 – “The song that Crosby sings….
Solving time: 39 minutes Music: Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet Excerpts, Maazel/Cleveland Orchestra. This one should have been easy, but I got stuck for the last 11 minutes on three answers in the NE. If I … Read more “Times 24659 – “The song that Crosby sings….”
Sunday Times 4400 – The Natives Are Revolting
From Sunday Times 26 September 2010Unfortunately Neil is temporarily without access to the Internet; so I am filling in for this week. Quite a fair and easy puzzle except for an iffy definition in 19 … Read more “Sunday Times 4400 – The Natives Are Revolting”
Mephisto 2613 – Paul McKenna
Solving time: Not recorded but I seem to remember feeling relieved that I could get straight on with Azed 2000 after solving this one – the various blogging schedules and one swap left me with … Read more “Mephisto 2613 – Paul McKenna”
TLS 847 (September 10th)
Almost finished this without aids, but there was (as usual) a large amount of guesswork involved. Yet again they managed to cock up the enumeration, this time for 3dn. That might have thrown me in … Read more “TLS 847 (September 10th)”
Saturday Times 24652 (September 25th)
Solving time 11:38, a much easier one than the previous week’s, helped by four crossing 15-letter entries that all went in straight away. Would have been a bit quicker but I carelessly put NUTS in … Read more “Saturday Times 24652 (September 25th)”
Oct. 1st, 2010
About average difficulty, this one. It took me an hour in two sessions, plus a bit longer to sort out 14dn owing to the dictionary error mentioned below, and to contemplate 22dn in a vain … Read more “Oct. 1st, 2010”
24657
More of a Supremo than a Schmuck Solving time: Stopped the clock just under the hour at 59:50. Three-quarters of it went in quickly and smoothly, but as is often the way with me, the … Read more “24657”