Solving time: 24:41 Not much to say about this one. Back to a more usual standard this week, with little to tax the solver too hard. I made steady progress throughout, and probably could have … Read more “Sunday Times 4443 (24 Jul 2011)”
Month: July 2011
Mephisto 2656 by Tim Moorey
Once again a good standard puzzle of around average difficulty. The clue at 7A is of brilliant construction but unfortunately the description is so accurate one can write in the answer by treating it as … Read more “Mephisto 2656 by Tim Moorey”
Saturday Times 24909 (July 23rd)
Andy’s not around today, so he sent me his blog to post on his behalf. Solving time 18:49, so a bit trickier than average for me. Partly due to putting in a wrong answer to … Read more “Saturday Times 24909 (July 23rd)”
Club Monthly 20130 – July 2011
Solving Time: Forever, or at least it felt like it. Despite this month’s offering being light on the latin and rather heavier than usual on science and technology, still I had a lot of trouble … Read more “Club Monthly 20130 – July 2011”
24914
Time taken to solve: Off the scale yet again. I got off to a great start with the gift of a long answer at 5dn and made very good progress to complete the NW and … Read more “24914”
Jumbo 934 – 16th July 2011 – A belter!
Now and again you’re lucky enough to get a Jumbo to blog which is as good as this one. Taking 1hr 10mins it ranks as one of the most difficult Jumbos ever but it was … Read more “Jumbo 934 – 16th July 2011 – A belter!”
Times 24913 – gruff stuff
Solving time : 11:41 on the Crossword Club timer, but it’s telling me I have two incorrect. I can see one silly typo but I can’t see the other which means there’s a chance I … Read more “Times 24913 – gruff stuff”
LiveJournal Problems
There’s been an update on http://status.livejournal.com explaining the recent problems getting on to the site. We can now publicly disclose that we have been experiencing a large-scale DDoS attack the last two days, which has … Read more “LiveJournal Problems”
Times 24912: Gig 51 Revisited
Solving time: 42 minutes. Struggled a bit with this one, with the top left and bottom right corners going in last. Also apologies to Jim: couldn’t post yesterday as Live Journal was Dead. Across … Read more “Times 24912: Gig 51 Revisited”
24911 – Today I analysed it – a dry hobby (8,3)
Solving time 10 minutes Apologies for the delay in posting. I’m unable to access Live Journal and Andy is posting this for me. Daily Telegraph standard and style of puzzle – it’s very difficult to … Read more “24911 – Today I analysed it – a dry hobby (8,3)”