Solving time 20 minutes A little harder than yesterday but within one standard deviation of the mean. Some mathematics and some more foreign words hwyl! Overall, this shouldn’t present too many intractable problems. Across 1 … Read more “Times 24,863 I’m From Head Office – I’m Here To Help You”
Month: May 2011
Times 24862 – Heads or Tails?
Solving Time: 40 minutes ‘Tis me again, standing in for vinyl1, who will return next week. This puzzle contained some of the easiest clues we have seen for some time and yet still managed to … Read more “Times 24862 – Heads or Tails?”
Mephisto 2647 – Tim Moorey
I found this one hard to get started on, and the grid ended up filling from the bottom up, though I’m not sure why, on a second or third read through a lot more of … Read more “Mephisto 2647 – Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 4434 (22 May 2011)
Solving time: 18 minutes. Something of a walk in the park today. My son was barely halfway through his swimming lesson when I finished, so I had to pull out an old one from my … Read more “Sunday Times 4434 (22 May 2011)”
Times Jumbo 925 (14 May 2011)
Time: About two and a half hours over several sessions. I notice a few comments on the forum from other solvers saying how straightforward they found this. Well I found it a struggle from start … Read more “Times Jumbo 925 (14 May 2011)”
Saturday Times 24855 (May 21st)
Solving time 25:05, one of my slowest for quite a while. I blame tiredness, as I solved it on Monday morning on the train, having solved Monday’s and Sunday’s puzzles first. A silly mistake which … Read more “Saturday Times 24855 (May 21st)”
Club Monthly 20128 – May 2011
Solving Time: About an hour, which is average for me for one of these. Unfortunately however, through the wonders of modern technology I see I have got one wrong, unlike 41 other people who managed … Read more “Club Monthly 20128 – May 2011”
Times 24860 – A dreadful end to a dreadful week
Solving time: 1:22:27 – Another shocking time to add to my collection. I don’t think I’ve been under an hour all week. Not the fault of the crosswords, I hasten to add, just me. Very … Read more “Times 24860 – A dreadful end to a dreadful week”
Times 24859 – A Stroll in the Park
The last few days’ of Times puzzles have filled me with a bit of trepidation with its relatively higher degree of difficulty. Fortunately for me, this morning, during my watch for the blog, the puzzle, … Read more “Times 24859 – A Stroll in the Park”
Times 24858: Lifts bowler, scratches head
Time taken: 1hr & 14m First of all, apologies to Tim for not posting yesterday. 24857 was a great puzzle I thought and I had much to say; but the blog was up a bit … Read more “Times 24858: Lifts bowler, scratches head”