Solving time 25 minutes A reasonable enough puzzle that entertained without over taxing the grey matter. Across 1 ACROBAT – A-CRO(B)AT; Split (the city) personality=CROAT; 5 FARRAGO – FAR(RA)GO; Royal Artillery=RA; 9 LOVELIEST – (to … Read more “Times 24755 Rooster Cogburn Rides Again”
Month: January 2011
Sunday Times 4416 (16 Jan 2011)
Solving time: About 50 minutes, with 1 wrong and needing aids for two others. Many apologies for the late blog, but my phone line went down over the weekend and I’m told it will be … Read more “Sunday Times 4416 (16 Jan 2011)”
Times 24754 – So Far, So Good…So What!
Solving time: 35 minutes elapsed, about 20 spent in actual solving Music: None, watching golf on TV I was not able to solve continuously, as I watched a couple of shots in the playoff, and … Read more “Times 24754 – So Far, So Good…So What!”
Mephisto 2629 – Mike Laws
OK, after the disaster of two weeks ago I’m pretty sure I have the right puzzle sitting in front of me. I found this one pretty straightforward for a Mephisto, though several of the clues … Read more “Mephisto 2629 – Mike Laws”
Saturday Times 24747 (15th Jan)
I think this was about 25 minutes. I solved it on the train on Monday morning, but my mobile phone was dead so I didn’t have a stopwatch. Brilliant puzzle, and I attracted a few … Read more “Saturday Times 24747 (15th Jan)”
Times 9573 – bonus blog
An excellent and detailed blog entry for this puzzle, which I myself came a cropper on due to a couple of incorrect answers. I gave up after half an hour and used TEA to finish … Read more “Times 9573 – bonus blog”
Times 24752 – Tough stuff
Solving time: Officially 1:26:49, but my computer crashed in the middle which cost me 10 minutes or so. Let’s call it an hour and a quarter. Quite a tough one today. Still had a dozen … Read more “Times 24752 – Tough stuff”
Times 24751 – Remembering The Sex Pistols
I find today’s puzzle mystifying in places and need help from the community to unravel some of the convoluted structure of the wordplay. Extremely challenging for a weekday puzzle. I feel very 5 today. ACROSS1 … Read more “Times 24751 – Remembering The Sex Pistols”
Times Jumbo 906 – Saturday January 8th.
This is my first offering so please be gentle! I am sure this was a fairly straightforward jumbo, however knowing that I had to blog it and making sure there were no howlers dragged it … Read more “Times Jumbo 906 – Saturday January 8th.”
Times 24750 — What’s worn underneath the kilt?
Solving time: 28 minutes. Not as much fun as yesterday’s by a long chalk and, now that I have to blog the thing, I’m surprised it took so long. Medium-Light gauge I’d say, on reflection … Read more “Times 24750 — What’s worn underneath the kilt?”