Solving Time: We won’t talk about that, since this is the third and final qualifying puzzle for this year’s Times Crossword Championship.. suffice it to say that like the other two, this was not a … Read more “Times Crossword 25,164 – Pun City”
Month: May 2012
Times 25171 – tension mounting
Solving time : 23 minutes, though at the end of that I was still feeling a little unsure about a few of the answers, so I got back on to the Crossword Club and entered … Read more “Times 25171 – tension mounting”
Times 25170: 14 or 16?
Solving time: 29:54 … … but not with full understanding of all answers; in particular 24dn which required my phone-a-friend option. Thanks again! Now I have to say that I didn’t like this puzzle much. … Read more “Times 25170: 14 or 16?”
Times 25,169
A very chewy puzzle, clocking in at 28:09 on the club leaderboard (incidentally, it’s lovely when we get a tough puzzle and all the peculiar people who solve the puzzle in the paper version then … Read more “Times 25,169”
Times 25168 – A classical bent
Solving Time: 42 minutes Not your average Monday puzzle, but by my reckoning the distribution of Monday puzzles is Cauchy and therefore doesn’t have an average. I decided I’d settle back and enjoy the ride … Read more “Times 25168 – A classical bent”
Sunday Times 4485 (13 May 2012) by Anax
Solving time: 41:53 I had all but 7d, 11a & 13a done in 30 minutes, then all but 13a in about 33 or 34 minutes. But 13 continued to elude me for another five minutes … Read more “Sunday Times 4485 (13 May 2012) by Anax”
Mephisto 2698 by Tim Moorey with Jimmy, Jack and Ashley
An easy puzzle with yet another example of an AZED word-to-clue appearing subsequently here. Presumably this is The Sunday Times making its contribution to the recycling industry. Well done Chelsea – brilliant result in Germany! … Read more “Mephisto 2698 by Tim Moorey with Jimmy, Jack and Ashley”
Saturday Times 25161 (12th May)
Solving time 16:15, so about average, although I was hoping for a quicker time when I got the four long answers in the first couple of minutes. However, 1ac held me up for ages as … Read more “Saturday Times 25161 (12th May)”
Jumbo 978
I did not note down my time for this although there was nothing to hold me up particularly. A couple of the wordplays took a little time to parse correctly, but the definition in each … Read more “Jumbo 978”
Times 25166 – Two by Two
Off to a flying start but I had problems getting the answers flowing and finished eventually in 39 minutes which was disappointing because on writing the blog it became apparent how very easy most of … Read more “Times 25166 – Two by Two”