Well I never did! Farts? In a Times crossword? Whatever is the world coming to? Peter Biddlecombe, I’m shocked at you! What would your mother say? I enjoyed this one, although I suspect I would … Read more “Sunday Times 4419 (6 Feb 2011) – How rude!”
Month: February 2011
Mephisto 2632 by Mike Laws
A puzzle on the easy side of average I would say. A great deal of it will be very familiar to experienced solvers who will barely have needed Chambers. Across 1 CLIO – C-(OIL reversed); … Read more “Mephisto 2632 by Mike Laws”
Saturday Times 24765 (5th Feb)
Solving time 11:46, and for a while I was hoping for sub-10 minutes. 1ac got me off to a flier as I got nearly all the Downs off it at first look, so the top … Read more “Saturday Times 24765 (5th Feb)”
Jumbo 909 – January 29 2011
34 minutes to do all but 40a, then another 3 days till I finally gave up and went for help. Obviously I didn’t spend the whole 3 days on it, that would be silly. In … Read more “Jumbo 909 – January 29 2011”
24770 – Happy Trails!
After my run of DNFs this week I approached this one with some trepidation but I got off to a quick start with most of the NW and SE going in quite easily. A little … Read more “24770 – Happy Trails!”
Times 24769: goo goo ga ga and E. L. Wisty!
Solving time : 12:36 on the crossword club timer, though when I submitted I got worried because it said I had one wrong. Of course when I opened the puzzle back up to write the … Read more “Times 24769: goo goo ga ga and E. L. Wisty!”
Times 24768 — Feelthy pictures?
Solving time: 38 minutes. The right-hand side went in quite quickly; the left a bit longer, pondering 3dn which didn’t give us a lot to go on. I was sure it was going to be … Read more “Times 24768 — Feelthy pictures?”
Times 24,767 All About Strikers
Solving time 20 minutes A straightforward enough puzzle with some good wordplays but lacking any clever or really misleading definitions. The old sailing ship may not be so well known but other than that it’s … Read more “Times 24,767 All About Strikers”
Times 24766 – The blogger gets his very own clue!
Solving time: 23 minutes Music: Wagner, Tannhauser Highlights. I am indeed flattered, but it is a little alarming that the setters follow us so closely. I hope they don’t have any tricks up their sleeves … Read more “Times 24766 – The blogger gets his very own clue!”
Mephisto 2631 – Paul McKenna
I found this on the easier side of Mephistos right until the very end, where I got stuck in the Texas corner for a while. Eventually figuring out the problem had to be TESTON (TES … Read more “Mephisto 2631 – Paul McKenna”