Solving time: 32:05 Could have been faster without a touch of blogger’s nerves at the 2dn/9ac intersection. No excuse for this in retrospect. Off to a good start with the long anagram at 5dn and … Read more “Times 25158: The PM’s Mysterious Briefs”
Month: May 2012
Times 25,157
12:40 on the Club timer, so would have been a pretty good time, until I realised there was one mistake and it didn’t count. As well as receiving a lesson in overhastiness (assuming it’s the … Read more “Times 25,157”
Times 25156 – How much can one bear?
Solving Time: 75 minutes Goodness, is that the time? It certainly is and was. I’m afraid I made heavy weather of this in places, mostly down the right hand side; completely done in by the … Read more “Times 25156 – How much can one bear?”
Sunday Times 4483 (29 Apr 2012) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: DNF I forgot to solve this at the time, then forgot that I forgot, only remembering when I came to post it this morning. Unfortunately, I was out last night, and am now … Read more “Sunday Times 4483 (29 Apr 2012) by Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2696 by Paul McKenna (with champions Ollie and John)
A straightforward puzzle of average difficulty but with some interesting people hidden away. I knew Al Capone of course but the skateboarder Alan “Ollie” Gelfand was new to me as was that great world champion … Read more “Mephisto 2696 by Paul McKenna (with champions Ollie and John)”
Saturday Times 25149 (28th April)
Solving time 22:22, although the last five minutes of that was spent puzzling over 15ac. I had a real “D’oh!” moment when I saw it, having convinced myself that “taking off coat” meant “remove first … Read more “Saturday Times 25149 (28th April)”
Jumbo 976
A rather more run of the mill offering than the last gem I got. This one went in quite quickly from memory and in a fairly uniform manner (which for me is NW, NE, SE, … Read more “Jumbo 976”
25154 – Shiver me timbers!
30 minutes for this one which came as something of a relief after the past couple of days when things started well but went downhill rapidly. I found it enjoyable if not particularly taxing and … Read more “25154 – Shiver me timbers!”
Times 25,153 – Choppy North-East
I found three quarters of today’s puzzle such a breeze until I came unstuck at the north-east corner, which took me more time than the rest. Like most Times puzzles, very fair and challenging at … Read more “Times 25,153 – Choppy North-East”
Times Crossword 25,152
Solving Time: 18 mins which makes it about average difficulty. I am slowly learning not to make snap judgements about these crosswords that I may later regret. This one certainly had its share of cliches … Read more “Times Crossword 25,152”