Solving Time: 66 minutes I remember a time when I sometimes could finish these in under half an hour. Seems a long time ago now. I limped around this one from start to finish. I … Read more “Times 25060 – Bury me at Wounded Knee”
Month: January 2012
Times Jumbo 959
Thanks to everyone who welcomed me to the site after my last posting. I found this Jumbo pretty straightforward – 22 minutes solving time. There was one quite obscure answer (41ac) and one clue I … Read more “Times Jumbo 959”
Sunday Times 4467 (8 Jan 2012) – Phew!
Solving time: 1:01:00 – struggling all the way. I approached this with some trepidation having seen the comments made against last week’s blog about it. I think I had about 5 or 6 in after … Read more “Sunday Times 4467 (8 Jan 2012) – Phew!”
Mephisto 2680 by Tim Moorey
This I thought a reasonably difficult puzzle with a number of well crafted clues and a smaller than usual number of starter clues. I have one query at 1D where I suspect the clue “port … Read more “Mephisto 2680 by Tim Moorey”
Saturday Times 25053 (7th Jan)
At last! I can finally get onto the site to post. When I first tried at 7 o’clock this morning the site was up, but only showing Jack’s blog from yesterday and nothing else. I … Read more “Saturday Times 25053 (7th Jan)”
25058 – FRIDAY 13th!
Time taken to solve: Off the scale but not as bad as for last Sunday’s puzzle (my worst ever at 2 hours). I knew I was in for trouble when I noticed the grid had … Read more “25058 – FRIDAY 13th!”
Times 25057 – Furious Furies
Phew! What a task to unravel quite a work this morning. Each clue, a torturous torment but what a tremendous triumph when solved and understood. Surely this will stand out as one of the best … Read more “Times 25057 – Furious Furies”
Times 25,056: A touch of deja-vu?
Solving Time: 12 minutes. So either this was easy, or doing my first regular daily blog provided an added impetus.. There was also a faint whiff of deja-vu, as absinth, onager and Aqaba have all … Read more “Times 25,056: A touch of deja-vu?”
Times 25,055 Not James Joyce!
Solving time 20 minutes A normal Times cryptic with a good overall standard of clues, no queries or problems, solved left to right, top to bottom. I seemed to spend a lot of time taking … Read more “Times 25,055 Not James Joyce!”
Times 25054 – Vodka!
Solving time: 40 minutes Music: None, golf is back on TV If I wasn’t today’s blogger, I would have probably have just watched the golf and done the puzzle tomorrow. As it was, I entered … Read more “Times 25054 – Vodka!”