Solving time : Well I submitted it without a lot of confidence in 21:16 online and it came back with two mistakes which means either I’ve made two mistakes or there’s a typo in a … Read more “Times 24793: Just like the Tate, a bit of ancient, a bit of modern”
Month: March 2011
Times 24792 – Good stuff
Solving time: 59:19, and this put me second on the leaderboard at the time, so it must have been a tough one. Having got a couple of tricky ones to blog on my last couple … Read more “Times 24792 – Good stuff”
Times 24,791 Give Me Pigalle Anytime
Solving time 25 minutes I never quite gelled with this setter and found myself working ant-clockwise from NW to NE. My last in was 17A where I can only see STAUNCH as an answer with … Read more “Times 24,791 Give Me Pigalle Anytime”
Times 24790 – Have with You to Saffron-Walden!
Solving time: 55 minutes Music: Ali Akbar Khan, Ragas I am not at my sharpest tonight, and I was very slow in seeing a number of obvious answers in this puzzle. I kept expecting things … Read more “Times 24790 – Have with You to Saffron-Walden!”
Mephisto 2635 – Tim Moorey?
Not sure if there’s some Mephisto funny business going on, but 2633 was a Tim Moorey puzzle, so either Mike Laws is taking a break or something is out of whack. I found this one … Read more “Mephisto 2635 – Tim Moorey?”
Sunday Times 4422 (27 Feb 2011)
Solving time: Best part of an hour all told. I still had 12 left after my first half-hour stint. Tried again a bit later on and got one more. Picked it up again the following … Read more “Sunday Times 4422 (27 Feb 2011)”
Times Jumbo 912
29:33 according to the Club timer, which corresponds to moderately tough, I’d say. More than one clue went in without full understanding of why they were right, and was confirmed after the event. A puzzle … Read more “Times Jumbo 912”
Saturday Times 24783 (Feb 26th)
No time noted down, but I think it was around a quarter of an hour. A strange puzzle though, with some easy clues interspersed with others that I couldn’t parse – obvious from the definition, … Read more “Saturday Times 24783 (Feb 26th)”
Times 24788 – Another quick start and slow finish
Solving time: 54:27, with 22 minutes spent on the last 4 answers. Started off steadily enough, but started to slow down as I neared the end. Then ground to a halt on the last 4 … Read more “Times 24788 – Another quick start and slow finish”
Times 24787 – No Hard-Boiled Eggs
Fortunately for me, today’s puzzle was quite a standard Times puzzle with a wide variety of devices but no hard-boiled eggs. Very entertaining and a pleasant way to start my day. ACROSS1 WRITTEN W (with) … Read more “Times 24787 – No Hard-Boiled Eggs”