Solving time: 26:24 after a slow start My son has stopped going to swimming lessons, but had we gone, I would have comfortably finished before him this week. It took me a while to get … Read more “Sunday Times 4439 (26 Jun 2011)”
Day: 3rd July 2011
Times Jumbo 930 (18 Jun 2011) – By the shores of Gitche-Gumee, by the shining Big-Sea-Water
Time: 1:15:13 – Certainly my quickest for quite a while, if not ever. Thought I might finish under the hour but spent 15 minutes or so on the last 5 clues (9/10/12/27 & 52). I … Read more “Times Jumbo 930 (18 Jun 2011) – By the shores of Gitche-Gumee, by the shining Big-Sea-Water”
Mephisto 2652 by Tim Moorey
Another good Mephisto of around average difficulty but with two excellent clues. At 10A the use of Casement and the other wording to evoke thoughts of the 1916 Dublin uprising during WW1 is very clever. … Read more “Mephisto 2652 by Tim Moorey”