Solving time 51:34, but although tricky in places I don’t think it was all *that* hard! I decided to solve it on the train on the way home on Monday, but unfortunately ended up next … Read more “Saturday Times 24957 (17th Sept)”
Month: September 2011
24962- Coin rejected
This took me 50 minutes with the last 20 spent unravelling the SW corner where I had put an incorrect answer at 26ac. Other than that and my earlier error at 3dn this was mostly … Read more “24962- Coin rejected”
Times 24961 – March if you’ve got ’em
Solving time : 19 minutes – and I was held up by the long ones in this case, last in was the anagram at 13 down that I was sure was going to be AEDROSAMTLN … Read more “Times 24961 – March if you’ve got ’em”
Times 24960: Sei indizi in cerca d’analisi
Solving time: 54 minutes. <—— How I felt this morning. Had the dickens of a job getting my head around a half-dozen or so of these: 9ac, 12ac, 15ac, 20ac, 5dn and 14dn. The last … Read more “Times 24960: Sei indizi in cerca d’analisi”
Times 24,959 – Bewitched
Solving time 12 minutes As easy a puzzle as you’ll find in the Times – difficult to find much to say. I have a mental block over the cryptic for 5A. A doff of my … Read more “Times 24,959 – Bewitched”
Times 24958 – How far off the deep end?
Solving time: 65 minutes Music: Boccherini, Cello Concertos, Bylsmer/Concerto Amsterdam I solved all save four in 25 minutes, but the last ones were very elusive, as is often the case. One had to be gotten … Read more “Times 24958 – How far off the deep end?”
Mephisto 2663 – Paul McKenna
I think I was on Paul McKenna’s wavelength here, as I solved most of this without dictionaries nearby and just needed to crib together the last few bits to finish off. Some really fun clues … Read more “Mephisto 2663 – Paul McKenna”
Sunday Times 4450 (11 Sep 2011)
Solving time: About two and a half hours over as many days. A huge struggle this week. For quite a while I didn’t think I was going to be able to finish it at all. … Read more “Sunday Times 4450 (11 Sep 2011)”
Saturday Times 24951 (9th Sept)
Solving time 14:27. Pretty good puzzle made all the better for the inclusion of 7D, which harks back to L. May’s winning entry in the Dec. 1973 Azed competition – Bust down reason? (9) for … Read more “Saturday Times 24951 (9th Sept)”
Jumbo 941 – Just in before the Sabbath
FROM EARLIER [Sorry for the lateness of this one. Unforeseen circumstances saw my wife bin the paper copy and me realise that my online subscription had expired a while back. It also seems long enough … Read more “Jumbo 941 – Just in before the Sabbath”