Solving time: 37 minutes. After yesterday’s nightmare, there was much relief chez McText this morning. Not sure that my parsing of 7ac and 18dn are correct but. Across 1 CHAIRPERSON. C (cape), HAIR (fur), PER … Read more “Times 24942”
Month: August 2011
Times 24941
Solving time: 33:28 Apologies for the late blog, but I’m standing in for Tim at short notice. I started slowly, but sped up as I got into it. I didn’t know the PRONGHORN, nor that … Read more “Times 24941”
Times 24940 – Don’t cry for me, I’ve no Vesta
Solving Time: 25 minutes Fairly rapid progress across the top half and then a lull before the bottom half conceded defeat, mainly because of gaps in my knowledge of racing, gaming and nineteenth century housework. … Read more “Times 24940 – Don’t cry for me, I’ve no Vesta”
Sunday Times 4447 (21 Aug 2011)
Solving time: Just over an hour. Apologies for the late blog. I meant to post it earlier but it slipped my mind. I found this a bit of a struggle. There’s still a few elements … Read more “Sunday Times 4447 (21 Aug 2011)”
Mephisto 2660 by Paul McKenna
Not too difficult as these things go without great recourse to Chambers. I don’t understand 33A which I solved by looking at the checking letters,T?ARS reading the first three words of the clue “rush special … Read more “Mephisto 2660 by Paul McKenna”
Saturday Times 24933 (20th August)
Solving time 31:05, so I found it quite tricky. Some very tortuous wordplay in places, and there were a couple which I only worked out while writing up the blog, having failed to unpick them … Read more “Saturday Times 24933 (20th August)”
Jumbo 938
This took me about 30 minutes, which is certainly among my faster times for the Jumbo. I only really needed to check the result of the anagram at 6D, which I had vaguely remembered in … Read more “Jumbo 938”
Club Monthly 20131 – August 2011
Solving Time: Just under an hour in two sessions so a touch easier, for me at least, than last month’s. The Crossword Club’s statistics bear this out, with (at the time of writing) 55 correct … Read more “Club Monthly 20131 – August 2011”
24938 – Lucky again!
This took me 29 minutes for all but three that I’ve mentioned below and then about another 10 to crack them. This was another easy puzzle by any standards but particularly so for a Friday. … Read more “24938 – Lucky again!”
Times 24937 – someone call the DA!
Solving time : 21 minutes, though I was starting to despair about 15 minutes in looking at a half-empty grid on my blogging day. Fortunately getting a part of two of the long answers helped … Read more “Times 24937 – someone call the DA!”