Congratulations to Mark Goodliffe for his record-equalling fourth consecutive victory, and congratulations to our Jumbo blogger Simon Hanson (sghanson) for coming second! Sadly I had two mistakes in the preliminary, but an honourable mention should … Read more “The Times Crossword Championships 2011”
Day: 23rd October 2011
Sunday Times 4455 (16 Oct 2011) – Just my cup of tea
Solving time: 29:13, albeit with one mistake – Just under the half-hour. An ideal time for a gentle Sunday solve. I quite enjoyed this one. It was pitched at just the right level of difficulty … Read more “Sunday Times 4455 (16 Oct 2011) – Just my cup of tea”
Mephisto 2668 by Tim Moorey
A rather easy Mephisto a great deal of which requires no reference to Chambers Across 1 AGNAME – A-G-NAME; Gabon=G; advanced=A; state=NAME; handle=(slang) name; 5 TUSCAN – corporation=TU(m) then substitute SCAN=survey for m=piece of m(ockery); … Read more “Mephisto 2668 by Tim Moorey”
Times Crossword Championship 2011
(Information just posted in the Crossword Club forum) The main news from yesterday is that Mark Goodliffe won for the 4th time in succession, finishing the 3 puzzles in the grand final in 24 minutes … Read more “Times Crossword Championship 2011”