Solving Time: About 1hr 10m, though I’m usually in no great hurry. Most annoyingly however, the Crossword Club website claims I have one wrong. I see no typos; maybe doing the blog will uncover the … Read more “Club Monthly 20143 August 2012 – Who can’t spell their own name?”
Month: August 2012
Times 25256
Solving time: 43:35 I can’t say I particularly enjoyed this one. A lot of the clues seemed very straightforward, but I was slowed down by a handful at the end, and a couple that didn’t … Read more “Times 25256”
Times 25255 – is the setter making a statement in the bottom line?
Solving time : 10:43 – I was done about a minute before that, but since it was blog day I wanted to make sure everything made sense and it was taking me a while to … Read more “Times 25255 – is the setter making a statement in the bottom line?”
Times 25254: For De Mille, young fur henchmen can’t be rowing
Solving time: 17:42 Phew! An easier puzzle on my blogging day after a couple of real stretches in the week’s two earlier numbers. The three cross-refs to 27ac made it simpler if you got it; … Read more “Times 25254: For De Mille, young fur henchmen can’t be rowing”
Times 25,253
A not entirely straightforward 15:19, with some pretty obvious clues interspersed with some less obvious, nay downright cunning ones. Not to mention a couple of quite obscure bits of knowledge which, I am ready to … Read more “Times 25,253”
Times 25252 – Francesca da Bikini!
Solving time:80 Minutes Music: Mahler, Symphony #9, Levine/Philadelphia This is a bank holiday puzzle, and so is designed to take up your whole day – which is all well and good if you’re in the … Read more “Times 25252 – Francesca da Bikini!”
Sunday Times 4499 (19 Aug 2012) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: 57:29, but couldn’t get 5a without aids. Most of this went in without too much difficulty, but there were a handful that I had trouble with which left me crawling to the finish. … Read more “Sunday Times 4499 (19 Aug 2012) by Jeff Pearce”
Mephisto 2712 by Don Manley
You wont get many easier Mephisto than this one. A good beginner’s puzzle. Across 1 VISAGIST – VISA-GIST; 6 HEST – HE(I)ST; old word for command=HEST; 10 EATERY – E(AT)ERY; Admin Trainee=AT; 13 PIPELIGHT – … Read more “Mephisto 2712 by Don Manley”
Saturday Times 25245 (18th August)
Solving time 15:03 – average time for a pretty average Saturday puzzle. One unknown for me at 10D, and I’d dispute the definition at 25A, nothing much else to add. COD to 3A for the … Read more “Saturday Times 25245 (18th August)”
Times Jumbo 992
28:35 on the Club timer, which suggests this didn’t give much trouble (just lately I’ve been noticing a trend for the standard Saturday to be tough and the Jumbo much less so, to the point … Read more “Times Jumbo 992”