Month: June 2011

I didn’t quite enjoy today’s puzzle .. the clues seemed very pedestrian and well below the standard I would expect from a Times crosswordPostscript : Sorry I wasn’t able to be around my computer after … Read more “Times 24883 – Another Day in the Office”

Solving time: 26m My downfall is always the cryptic defs. — bugger them all! — and there were two together in the long across clues. Otherwise, I might have been just a bit quicker. Shaky … Read more “Times 24882: The bawdy hand of the dial …”

Timed at 25:39, of which a lot of time was spent sorting out some carefully disguised wordplay, most especially why 13 across should be what it is. As we will see, I await the comments … Read more “Times 24,881 – Ooh ar ooh ar?”

Solving time: 1:12:29, it says The left half was done in about 20 minutes, and then the combined effects of Bob the Builder, Big Ted, Postman Pat, the Wiggles et al and the search for … Read more “Times 24880 – Oright guv, ow’s abart a bit of brussel and sprout”

My solving time was off the scale even with generous use of aids after 60 minutes in order to get the thing finished and the blog started. I began well with 1ac and 1dn going … Read more “24878 – Hope I’m not alone…”

Solving time : 24:31, slightly distracted by texts coming in, though I don’t think it would have been much faster if I was solving in a vacuum. In the end it was knowing the letters … Read more “Times 24877 – a gram for a pan”