Solving time 25 minutes A pangram with some complicated word plays and a couple of botanical obscurities. The old cricket term and reference to Richard Ingram’s poorly titled magazine may cause some head scratching overseas. … Read more “Times 25,067 No – Not Swing Or Spin”
Month: January 2012
Times 25066 – Let’s have some oysters!
Solving time: Not recorded Music: Golf on TV, then Liszt Sonata in B Minor, Ronald Smith I tried to solve this casually while watching golf on TV – big mistake. You can do easy puzzles … Read more “Times 25066 – Let’s have some oysters!”
Mephisto 2681 – Paul McKenna
The most challenging Mephisto for a while for me. I suspect there may be a couple of words here that are new to the 2011 edition of Chambers. I have access to both the new … Read more “Mephisto 2681 – Paul McKenna”
Sunday Times 4468 (15 Jan 2012)
Solving time: About 43 minutes, but with three silly mistakes. I’ve been on jury duty this week so I printed this off to do between sessions. It was certainly easier than last week’s nightmare, but … Read more “Sunday Times 4468 (15 Jan 2012)”
Times Jumbo 960 (7 Jan 2012)
Solving time: Off the scale. I forgot to pause the timer between sessions so my time just showed as +1 day, but I spent a long time on it. Indeed, 47d took the best part … Read more “Times Jumbo 960 (7 Jan 2012)”
Saturday Times 25059 (Jan 14th)
Solving time 18:44. A game of two halves, the top going in fairly quickly but then I ground to a halt for a few minutes and struggled to the finish. Nothing too difficult here though … Read more “Saturday Times 25059 (Jan 14th)”
Times 25064
Solving time: None recorded. I was way too tired to attempt this puzzle before going to bed, but I knew I wouldn’t have a chance to blog it otherwise, so attempt it I did. I … Read more “Times 25064”
Times 25063 – I blog 22!
Solving time : 19:40 but I was distracted at the start and then did this while explaining the answers to a friend along the way so it was an educational 19:40 (or a very boring … Read more “Times 25063 – I blog 22!”
Times 25062: Snow on bloody snow
Solving time: 50:51 Had the devil of a time with this one. A definite wintry feel to it too: snow, ice, a cold wind etc. Given that it’s going to be 36˚ here today, guess … Read more “Times 25062: Snow on bloody snow”
Times 25,061 – 1404/40=?
Today’s online puzzle bears the caption “Today is the fortieth anniversary of Wadham Sutton’s first crossword for The Times. This is his puzzle no. 1,404.” Given that the paper still favours the cloak of anonymity … Read more “Times 25,061 – 1404/40=?”