A fairly average 14:13 for me, although I got off to quite a slow start and was surprised how little time had passed when I stopped the clock. Other times I think I’ve raced through … Read more “Saturday Times 25191 (16th June)”
Month: June 2012
Times 25196
Solving time: 30:34 Several nice clues stand out today. I liked 7, 10, 13 & 26 in particular. Anyway, it’s late, I’m tired, and I think my laptop is dying, so I’d better get on … Read more “Times 25196”
Times 25195 – bombarded by pianists?
Solving time : 16:14, but with one incorrect, where I hadn’t heard of the proper name at 13 down and hazarded a guess at an incorrect anagram. Oh well – up until that point it … Read more “Times 25195 – bombarded by pianists?”
Times 25194: There’s X, here’s Y
Solving time: 19:04 After a good run on Monday and Tuesday, I was expecting a bit of a stinker. Not to be, thank goodness. All pretty straightforward this morning with fast times anticipated from those … Read more “Times 25194: There’s X, here’s Y”
Times 25,193
After a couple of real testers on my Tuesday blogging shift, the complete opposite today, knocked off in 7:25 online. Across 1 BABYLONIAN – BABY + LONdon + IAN. 6 SCOW – Small COW(=neat). 10 … Read more “Times 25,193”
Times 25192 – Call of the Wild
Solving Time: 60 minutes I don’t know about you, but I found this difficult. I couldn’t find a way in or out and floundered around in the middle. And the clues were almost no help … Read more “Times 25192 – Call of the Wild”
Sunday Times 4489 (10 Jun 2012) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: 39:12 A pretty typical puzzle, with nothing too demanding. My time should probably have been quicker – I saw some fast times on the leaderboard from the trustworthy sources. Nothing else to say … Read more “Sunday Times 4489 (10 Jun 2012) by Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2702 by Paul McKenna – UP Who?
Good middle of the road puzzle with one quirk – the use of the abbreviation UPS to mean United Parcel Service in the same way that RR stands for Rolls Royce. Both abbreviations are in … Read more “Mephisto 2702 by Paul McKenna – UP Who?”
Times Jumbo 982
Returning to this puzzle, I find I recorded a solving time of an hour and a quarter. Casting my mind back a couple of weeks, I’m pretty certain this was as a result of solving … Read more “Times Jumbo 982”
Saturday Times 25185 (9th June)
A fairly average 15:13 for this, would probably have been faster if I was concentrating harder. Unusually for me, I solved this on Saturday – usually I don’t have much time at the weekend and … Read more “Saturday Times 25185 (9th June)”