38:23 according to the Club timer, which suggests a fairly testing puzzle, though I never really thought to myself it was that tough while I was doing it (which suggests that I was enjoying the … Read more “Times Jumbo 922”
Month: May 2011
Times 24,845 – in which I fail
18:38, which I thought was a good time for a tough puzzle, until it turned out it was so tough I hadn’t actually solved it correctly. So, with two mistakes, not such a good time … Read more “Times 24,845 – in which I fail”
Times 24844 – Where ignorance is bliss
Solving Time: 30 minutes Another typical Monday puzzle, with some plants and geography which might slow novices (13d, 29ac, 15ac for example) but which experienced solvers should write straight in, being familiar parts of the … Read more “Times 24844 – Where ignorance is bliss”
Sunday Times 4431 (1 May 2011)
Solving time: About 40 minutes again this week. I still had several left after 30 minutes. This is probably my least favourite grid. I don’t like the way the four corners don’t intersect with each … Read more “Sunday Times 4431 (1 May 2011)”
Mephisto 2644 by Tim Moorey
I found this a little on the difficult side and particularly the SW corner where I took a while to see how SAICS worked and to remember that ACRE was a port, something I verified … Read more “Mephisto 2644 by Tim Moorey”
Saturday Times 24837 (30th April)
16:50 for this one, which had a lot of challenging wordplay in it. There seemed to be an awful lot of removing middle letters or outside letters going on, but it got easier towards the … Read more “Saturday Times 24837 (30th April)”
Times 24842 – A Lion Called Wallace
After a good start I made rather heavy weather of this and took the best part of an hour to complete it. The RH side and most of the NW (excepting the elusive 9dn) went … Read more “Times 24842 – A Lion Called Wallace”
Jumbo 921 – er, um, it comes after 920 and before 922 ??
There was a mild panic when I opened last Saturdays Times to find Jumbo 923, since I figured I must have missed posting, however I can only assume that they snuck 922 in on the … Read more “Jumbo 921 – er, um, it comes after 920 and before 922 ??”
Times 24841 – Journey to the Corners of the Grid
Solving time : 15:57 on the club timer. I found this a hard one to get a handle on – it’s an interesting grid, with no answers longer than 10 letters and not much of … Read more “Times 24841 – Journey to the Corners of the Grid”
Times 12761, BDSM?
There’s another Qualifer in the paper today. I’ll blog that on 12th May when the deadline’s up. (No spoilers until then please!) Meanwhile, here’s the substitute interactive puzzle from the Club site: No. 12761 from … Read more “Times 12761, BDSM?”