Solving time : 28:05 on the Crossword Club Timer, but I was distracted most of the way by texts and phone calls, so who knows what it would have been if I was focusing in … Read more “Times 24889 – I can’t dance, don’t make me”
Month: June 2011
Times 24888: Wot no Hold Kent Road?
Solving time: 54 minutes. After the half hour, with two of the 15s still not in, I was contemplating a DNF on a blogging day. And, apart from a recurrent one involving Woody Allen’s creature … Read more “Times 24888: Wot no Hold Kent Road?”
Times 24,887 A Bit of Everything
Solving time 15 minutes An easy puzzle with at least one example of the mandatory ingredients (poet, cricket, literary knowledge, classical history) plus a scientist under the guise of the unit of measure named after … Read more “Times 24,887 A Bit of Everything”
Times 24886 – At last, a drug I can take
Solving time: 57 minutes Music: Mozart, Symphonies 40 & 41, Fricsay/VSO I was not in a proper condition to solve this, being late and tired from golf and traffic, and having to eat dinner while … Read more “Times 24886 – At last, a drug I can take”
Sunday Times 4438 (19 Jun 2011)
Solving time: 41:40 Something of a mixed bag here. I wasn’t keen on some of the wordplay, particularly 16 & 25. The rest of it was pretty much OK, but certainly nothing to write home … Read more “Sunday Times 4438 (19 Jun 2011)”
Mephisto 2651 – Paul McKenna
I found this one very tricky, and it took a while to convince myself of several of the answers before putting them in, which very well means I could be wrong! Oh well, I’m sure … Read more “Mephisto 2651 – Paul McKenna”
Club Monthly 20129 – June 2011
I’m posting this on Jerry’s behalf as he’s out of the country. Solving Time: About an hour and a half.. Shouldn’t have been much over an hour really, but I got stuck on several that … Read more “Club Monthly 20129 – June 2011”
Saturday Times 24879 (18th June)
Solving time 17:26 – should’ve been a bit faster, but I got stuck for a while in the top left corner. In fact I think 1ac/1dn were my last two in. A couple of quibbles, … Read more “Saturday Times 24879 (18th June)”
Times 24884 – Nice bunch of Bests anyone?
Solving time: 51:11 I was fairly quick to start, but slow to finish. Nearly resorted to aids, but managed to avoid it, other than to check a couple in the dictionary before writing them in. … Read more “Times 24884 – Nice bunch of Bests anyone?”
Jumbo 929 – 11th June 2011
I really enjoyed this one. Lots of crafty wordplay and mostly very fair. There were a couple of Spanish words, seguidilla and arroyo, that I thought were maybe a little bit on the unfair side, … Read more “Jumbo 929 – 11th June 2011”