Solving time 15:35, so about just-above-average difficulty. Actually, having read some of last week’s comments I was expecting a real toughie, but I flew through the top half in about 3 minutes flat. The bottom … Read more “Saturday Times 24724 (18th Dec)”
Month: December 2010
No crossword today?
Today’s seems to be labelled as a Saturday puzzle, so I suspect that this is the prize crossword printed today because no newspaper will be published on Christmas Day itself. I think that means that … Read more “No crossword today?”
Jumbo 901
Time: About an hour and a half, the last twenty-five minutes of which were spent on the last 5 answers. So most will probably find it on the easy side, there are certainly plenty of … Read more “Jumbo 901”
Times 24728 – Quite A Breeze
Compared to two Thursdays ago, this one is quite a breeze with very fair and solveable clues displaying a wide variety of devices. Most enjoyable and at places, quite challenging. ACROSS1 GARLIC BREAD Ins of … Read more “Times 24728 – Quite A Breeze”
Times 24727 – A Greek and a Trojan
Solving time: 28:53, a rare sub 30 minute time for me. A time that actually seems to stack up pretty well on the leader board. It’s Peter’s turn again, but apparently he’s having more problems … Read more “Times 24727 – A Greek and a Trojan”
Times 24,726
19:22 on the Club timer, a disproportionate part of which was spent on one corner: in an echo of the current UK weather, things were very tricky in the SE. Apart from those, it was … Read more “Times 24,726”
Times 24725 – Australians all let us rejoice
Solving Time: 21 minutes An early Christmas present for all solvers today with what could be the easiest puzzle this year, if my time is anything to go by. Just as well, as there are … Read more “Times 24725 – Australians all let us rejoice”
Jumbo 900
Solving time: 26:40 online, but 2 mistakes – one careless spelling mistake and one misremembered phrase. Across 4 CHEW THE FAT – referring to the nursery rhyme – “Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his … Read more “Jumbo 900”
ST 4411 (Sun 12 Dec) – Parrot-fashion
Solving time: 5:18 Pretty much a bog standard Sunday Times crossword, with a decent set of clues punctuated with one or two very good ones (I liked 10ac (RAPTOR) 21ac (LIP-READ) particularly), a couple of … Read more “ST 4411 (Sun 12 Dec) – Parrot-fashion”
News from Crossword Club website
Under Club News > Editorial Articles is an item saying that Barbara Hall retires from her post as Crossword Editor for The Sunday Times at the end of December. It includes a copy of the … Read more “News from Crossword Club website”