Solving Time: Less than an hour.. About 50 minutes in all, making it average difficulty for me. And just for once, I don’t need to add the qualification that since the solution has not been … Read more “Club Monthly 20123 – December 2010”
Month: December 2010
Times 24734
Time taken to solve: 35 minutes. I thought we might be in for a stinker today but most of this went in without difficulty though I lost a little time on 6dn and 11ac. An … Read more “Times 24734”
My new job
Regular readers will have known for a few weeks that I’ve just started a new job. Some of you have already combined this with the news of Barbara Hall’s retirement as Sunday Times puzzles editor … Read more “My new job”
Times 24733: please hammer, don’t hurt ’em, there’s a good boy
Solving time : 19:50 online, my time seems to inflate by about 3-5 minutes online because I keep mistyping in answers or start typing in without looking to check whether across or down is highlighed. … Read more “Times 24733: please hammer, don’t hurt ’em, there’s a good boy”
24732
Solving time: 14:19 The top left went in very easily, generating brief hopes of a really quick time. The rest was much harder. On the train again so no links. Across 1 ANY TIME NOW … Read more “24732”
Times 24,731 Get the proper clue here
Solving time 25 minutes I think this is an excellent puzzle with some first class clue construction. I found the western side a little easier than the eastern but that was because once 1A and … Read more “Times 24,731 Get the proper clue here”
Times 24730 – A snowbound solve
Solving time: 37 minutes Music: Anne Briggs, The Time Has Come Here in Manhattan, we are having a serious blizzard. Right now we are getting about three or four inches of snow an hour, and … Read more “Times 24730 – A snowbound solve”
Mephisto 2625 – Paul McKenna
The top half of this was done on a plane between Sydney and Melbourne with Bradfords but no other aids, so came together pretty easily. I found the bottom half of this one really challenging … Read more “Mephisto 2625 – Paul McKenna”
Times 100000001 (Yes, really) – MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Solving time: Just under an hour and a half, due partly to fatigue and partly to some excellent clues. The website gives the number as 100000001, I have no idea why. But I guess we … Read more “Times 100000001 (Yes, really) – MERRY CHRISTMAS!!”
TLS 858 (3 December) – UP with WITCH I did not put
Solving time: 18:42 (1 wrong) I had all but three clues solved in around 12 minutes and then agonised for half as long again over BLUE, MOLOSSI and RICHARD UPWITCH, failing (perhaps not entirely surprisingly) … Read more “TLS 858 (3 December) – UP with WITCH I did not put”