Solving time : Didn’t record a time, I was working on this during breaks in the pub quiz tonight, but I can add in an extra half hour or so as I started typing this … Read more “Times 25183 – careful which button you press”
Month: June 2012
Times Crossword 25,182 – Look What The Cat Brought In
Solving Time: Well, it took me 35 minutes in all, but in fairness at least ten minutes should be deducted for the time I had to spend in rescuing a mouse that one of my … Read more “Times Crossword 25,182 – Look What The Cat Brought In”
Times 25,181
The second blogged puzzle in a row where I clocked in at just under 30 minutes. Even allowing for blogger’s anxiety, I reckon that means it was pretty tough, so I’m hoping it won’t just … Read more “Times 25,181”
Times 25180 – Legless and lying down
Solving Time: 35 minutes I’m afraid I made heavy weather of this relatively straightforward well-crafted puzzle, rejecting many a first thought which retrospectively proved to be correct. I blame the holiday sprit (sic) I took … Read more “Times 25180 – Legless and lying down”
Mephisto 2700 by Don Manley – Beetle Mania
What do AZED 2065, Mephisto 2698 and this puzzle have in common? They all contain that well known family of beetles “dermestidae” as an answer. As the odds of this happening by chance are infinitely … Read more “Mephisto 2700 by Don Manley – Beetle Mania”
Sunday Times 4487 (27 May 2012) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: About 45 minutes I was holidaying in North Wales this week, so I completed the paper copy for a change. I had no dictionary available so CACHINNATE went in on a wing and … Read more “Sunday Times 4487 (27 May 2012) by Jeff Pearce”
Times Jumbo 980 (19 May 2012)
Solving time: 1hr 40m I didn’t get very far in the first 40 minutes, so I put it down and came back to it the next day. I was clearly in a much better frame … Read more “Times Jumbo 980 (19 May 2012)”
Times Saturday 25173 (26th May)
Solving time 7:48. Well, they don’t come much easier than that, especially on a Saturday! Having said that, I don’t think this was a bad puzzle. There weren’t any bad clues, and the few bits … Read more “Times Saturday 25173 (26th May)”
Times 25178 – Trooble at t’mill
Time taken to solve: Completely off the scale. I finished the RH apart from the unforgivable 22dn in about 15 minutes and thought I was in for an easy ride but I found the SW … Read more “Times 25178 – Trooble at t’mill”