Solving time: 35 Minutes Music: Mozart, Salzburg Symphonies, Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music A typical Monday puzzle, perhaps, with a bit of a sting in its tail. It is easy to get going a bit too … Read more “Times 25150 – The sheep have taken to drink!”
Month: April 2012
Sunday Times 4482 (22 Apr 2012) by Anax
Solving time: 39:12 I’d say I found this a fairly average difficulty for one of Dean’s offerings. I had to work hard for the last half-dozen or so, but I got there without aids and … Read more “Sunday Times 4482 (22 Apr 2012) by Anax”
Mephisto 2695 – Tim Moorey
Hmmm – well since LiveJournal now lets us do posts in advance, let’s try it out. Greetings from the past with the blog of Mephisto 2695. A crossword where I had one massive headsmack moment, … Read more “Mephisto 2695 – Tim Moorey”
Saturday Times 25143 (21st April)
Solving time 29:44, which didn’t seem excessive at all for this puzzle. The difficulty came solely from the brilliantly crafted clues – smooth surfaces throughout and hardly a word wasted. Top job by the setter. … Read more “Saturday Times 25143 (21st April)”
Times Jumbo 975 (14 Apr 2012) – The Gallic trend continues…
Solving time: None recorded. I was spending a rare weekend with my family when this came out, so my Dad and I attacked this together and we finished maybe a third of it. I finished … Read more “Times Jumbo 975 (14 Apr 2012) – The Gallic trend continues…”
Times 25148
Solving time: 56:03 – with one mistake at 17. It took me quite some time to get started on this one. Once I got into it, I progressed fairly steadily, but run aground completely with … Read more “Times 25148”
Times Crossword 25,140 – 2012 Championship second qualifier
Solving Time: Not quite as simple as the first qualifier, but very nearly so. We are far too well bred to discuss times here please, for these qualifying puzzles. All I would say is that … Read more “Times Crossword 25,140 – 2012 Championship second qualifier”
Times 25147 – but did 19 16 the wheel?
Solving time : 17:53 on a printout – but I was still feeling a little uneasy about two of the answers, so I went to the Crossword Club and typed them in carefully – it … Read more “Times 25147 – but did 19 16 the wheel?”
Times 25146: KO’d in the Ring
Solving time: DNF. Had most of this done quickishly. But completely defeated by 8dn. I have no idea what’s going on there and await the responses of our regular contributors. On edit: now resolved thanks … Read more “Times 25146: KO’d in the Ring”
Times 25,145
14:31 on the Club timer, another perfectly enjoyable but not especially arcane puzzle. (I say “not especially arcane”, though as I blog, it occurs to me there are things here which might not be regarded … Read more “Times 25,145”