Solving time 25 minutes Reasonably straightforward puzzle that was fun to solve. The odd bit of slang and the reference to Tommy Cooper may prove problematic for overseas (or even some younger) solvers. Other than … Read more “Times 24,851 Just Like That”
Month: May 2011
Times 24850 – Musical Madness!
Solving time: 27 minutes Music: John Coltrane, The Last Trane A very moderate puzzle, but I was a little slow on the uptake for some of the clues. In many cases, the literal parts of … Read more “Times 24850 – Musical Madness!”
Mephisto 2645 – Paul McKenna
I overestimated my ability to download and print on my recent trip and only just got the last two Mephistos yesterday. So feel free to discuss, and I’ll be back with a write up hopefully … Read more “Mephisto 2645 – Paul McKenna”
Sunday Times 4432 (8 May 2011)
Solving time: 33 minutes. Some nicely disguised definitions today. I liked tiddly (27), content (28) and I do feel a heel (1d). I put in a few without full understanding at the time – ON … Read more “Sunday Times 4432 (8 May 2011)”
Saturday Times 24843 (May 7th)
No time for this one. I solved it on the train on Monday morning, having already tackled Monday’s and Sunday’s puzzles. By that time I was too tired to concentrate (I’m not a morning person), … Read more “Saturday Times 24843 (May 7th)”
Jumbo 923
Not really much to say about this one. A number of helpful long anagrams and double definitions made it a trouble-free solve, although I did not time myself. I have left out more solutions than … Read more “Jumbo 923”
Times 24848
Solving time: 52:07 I started slowly, due to tiredness more than anything else, but managed to rouse myself a bit after half an hour or so to finish a little stronger. But I think my … Read more “Times 24848”
Times 24847 – A Capital Puzzle
What a fun puzzle it has been today. Even while solving, I was already grinning, thinking about what I would say in this blog. Capital puzzle as I will explain … ACROSS1 ABDOMEN Ins of … Read more “Times 24847 – A Capital Puzzle”
Times 24840, 3rd Qualifier, 4th May
Solving time: 22 minutes. Another straightforward Qualifier, bolstering suspicions that they’re after a goodly pile of £15 15-acrosses. Had to look up ‘existence’ for ENTITY and check on the material constitution of the RUCHE. … Read more “Times 24840, 3rd Qualifier, 4th May”
Times 24846 — Bo-de-O-doh!
Solving time: 28 minutes. Music (apologies to Vinyl): as above. Several cases of fill in the answers, then puzzle over the parsing. The problem with this approach is (as I did) to scrawl in SUBTITLE … Read more “Times 24846 — Bo-de-O-doh!”