Solving time:38 minutes Music: Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherezade, Kondrashin/Concertgebouw This puzzle might have been quite easy for some, but for me it involved deducing a complicated compound word I had never heard of before from the cryptic. … Read more “Times 25006 – Namby-pamby? Lickity-split!”
Month: November 2011
Mephisito 2671 – Tim Moorey
If you read the half-post, that was weird, I had a pop-up attack while I was writing the blog up, sorry there was only half a post originally. I’m afraid I didn’t give this the … Read more “Mephisito 2671 – Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 4458 (6 Nov 2011)
Solving time: 32:03 – a time I was quite pleased with, as there are a few tricky clues here. An enjoyable crossword with some inventive and well-crafted clues. A couple of words I didn’t know … Read more “Sunday Times 4458 (6 Nov 2011)”
Saturday Times 24999 (5th Nov)
Solving time 13:44. I don’t know why, but I was expecting a bit of a corker for the last puzzle in the 24000’s, but this was just a standard workaday offering. Unusually, all single-word answers, … Read more “Saturday Times 24999 (5th Nov)”
Times 25004
Solving time: 28:42 – Nothing much to say about this one. Pretty straightforward stuff. Anyway, the hour is late. I was about to go to bed when I remembered it was my turn to blog. … Read more “Times 25004”
Times Jumbo 949 – 29 October 2011
30:41, so round about my average for a Jumbo. A very fair and enjoyable puzzle. There were several unknown (to me) words or phrases but the setter used wordplay which meant that all the answers … Read more “Times Jumbo 949 – 29 October 2011”
Times 25003 – Old Man With Fatigue
Quite an entertaining and enjoyable walk and run through the park today. Like yesterday’s puzzle, this one also has more than the usual number of allusions and references to the Bible and Christianity, not that … Read more “Times 25003 – Old Man With Fatigue”
Times 25002 … as the thespian said to the Cardinal
Solving time: 34 minutes. So confirming I’d have Buckley’s at the Championships. An interesting mixture today of business, theatre and religious vocabulary, with a smidge of music and politics. Don’t like cryptic defs in general … Read more “Times 25002 … as the thespian said to the Cardinal”
Times 25,001
Timed at 16:31, and much enjoyed. I didn’t quite have all the background knowledge required, but as I pointed out last week in discussions of another puzzle, a) I don’t necessarily expect to, and b) … Read more “Times 25,001”
Times 15000 (originally, 9 Sep 1978)
Solving time: Just under an hour and ten minutes, but it would have been much longer without the use of reference material. Having completed 25000 in a reasonable time, I thought I’d have a go … Read more “Times 15000 (originally, 9 Sep 1978)”