Solving time 19:11 for this very literary offering, with appearances from Shakespeare (twice), Dickens, Swift and Cardinal Newman. Across 1 BUBBLE AND SQUEAK – BUBBLE (seem joyful) AND (with) SQUEAK (a little excited sound). Fried … Read more “Saturday Times 25107 (10th March)”
Month: March 2012
Jumbo 968
I got through this one fairly steadily, and only needed to check a couple afterwards. I am guessing 52D will be unfamilar to most. When blogging, I try to leave out the explanations of the clues … Read more “Jumbo 968”
Times 25112
Solving time: 56:27 – Started quickly enough, but then ran dry in the SW corner which eventually came tortuously slowly. A couple of unknown words – CORDILLERA & TILTH. Overall, I found this a tough … Read more “Times 25112”
Times 25111 – for leather!
Solving time : 10:51, so on the easier side, though I groaned at the cryptic definitions and shook my head at a few others. Bit of a mixed bag this one, which may mean there’s … Read more “Times 25111 – for leather!”
Times 25110: Daggers drawn
Solving time: 21:35 So Jerry got his wish from two days ago: “isn’t it about time we had an easy one or two?” Might have been quicker — not that it matters much to me … Read more “Times 25110: Daggers drawn”
Times 25,109
Time-wise, a pacy and enjoyable 13 minutes, but even as I was solving it, it occurred to me that this might well turn out to be a “wavelength puzzle”: it certainly had a very individual … Read more “Times 25,109”
Times 25108 – What’s Latin for Cook’s tour?
Solving Time: 70 minutes Either these are getting a lot harder or I’m losing the plot. The old adage “if 1ac goes in at first sight then you’re in real trouble” proved correct in this … Read more “Times 25108 – What’s Latin for Cook’s tour?”
Mephisto 2688 by Don Manley
This puzzle was published on the same day that AZED celebrated 40 years of setting (congratulations Jonathan). I don’t know if Don deliberately made it easy so that we could all concentrate on the AZED … Read more “Mephisto 2688 by Don Manley”
Sunday Times 4475 (4 Mar 2012)
Solving time: 48:30 was the official time, but realistically more like 30-35 minutes. I was solving online on Sunday night, but I had to go and empty the washing machine part way through and forgot … Read more “Sunday Times 4475 (4 Mar 2012)”
Times Jumbo 967
A solving time of 32 minutes, and a puzzle requiring some thought. Lots of playfulness in both definitions and wordplay, which I find to be something which tends to divide the solving community; most of … Read more “Times Jumbo 967”