Month: March 2012

Solving time: 55:09 – Struggling all the way I found it very hard to get going today. Lots of involved and devious wordplay, along with several cunningly-disguised definition left very few easy starters. This was … Read more “Times 25124 – Phew!”

Solving Time: This puzzle was published on 21st March, the solution today. I’m not sure how acceptable it is to discuss times, for a championship qualifier? I wouldn’t want to put off (or worse, psyche … Read more “Times Crossword 25,116 Championship Qualifier – second blog of the day!”

Solving time : 14:27 on the club timer, which was good enough for the top spot (the puzzle has only been live an hour and a half). A bit slower than I usually do online, … Read more “Times 25123 – what’s in several names?”

Solving time: 32:55 About the same as yesterday’s puzzle: medium difficulty with a few giveaways to help us along. Thankfully, these were in most of the short answers and the anagrams. Also glad not to … Read more “Times 25122: More from the Spanish Embajador”

26:13 on the club timer, which certainly indicates something of a step up in difficulty from yesterday. Less to do with the vocabulary per se, I think, than some very roundabout definitions. Definitely a challenge, … Read more “Times 25,121”

Solving Time: 28 minutes Perhaps the easiest one since the last easy one. I would be very surprised if sub-5’s were not reported. I, myself, was held up in the NE, somewhat ironically, by BROADSTAIRS … Read more “Times 25120 – Less on in Geography”