I made heavy weather of this perfectly straightforward and rather uninspiring puzzle so I won’t embarrass myself by quoting a solving time. I suspect on a non-blogging day I would easily have achieved my personal … Read more “Times 25250 – Not over the moon”
Month: August 2012
Times 25,249 – Failed Login
My woes with Times Crossword Club remain unresolved. Apparently they have been unable to locate any active subscriptions attached to either of the email addresses that I have provided … and to think that I … Read more “Times 25,249 – Failed Login”
Times Crossword 25,248 – Not the Browning Version or the Winslow Boy..
Solving Time: Well, this took me 38 minutes, longer than average even for the midnight run. Part of the problem was my ignorance of Rattigan’s plays.. 1ac and 1dn both took time to find so … Read more “Times Crossword 25,248 – Not the Browning Version or the Winslow Boy..”
Times 25,247 – Bird Song
Solving time 20 minutes Average to easyish puzzle with no obscure words, only one very old author and an engineer to provide balance. A little care is needed at 20D to enter the definition and … Read more “Times 25,247 – Bird Song”
Times 25246 – I’d like to be 1 across, please
Solving time: 59 Minutes Music: Old Blind Dogs, Close to the Bone This was a solve in three parts. In part one, I did all except the SW in 20 minutes. In part two, I … Read more “Times 25246 – I’d like to be 1 across, please”
Mephisto 2711 – Paul McKenna – placeholder
Ooops, just realized it’s my turn to post it and I haven’t even solved it yet, busy week. This should appear late Sunday or Monday. Feel free to discuss, and sorry Paul! Thanks for your … Read more “Mephisto 2711 – Paul McKenna – placeholder”
Sunday Times 4498 (12 Aug 2012) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: 53:57, but with two wrong, and frankly, I was quite surprised it was only two. I rattled through the left hand side in about 15 minutes, but then got completely stuck on the … Read more “Sunday Times 4498 (12 Aug 2012) by Tim Moorey”
Jumbo 991 – A mid Olympic solve – remember them? back in the day…
As a change from the norm, I have typed this one up straight after doing it, so it should be perfectly fresh and relevant at the time of writing. This was a fairly gentle offering … Read more “Jumbo 991 – A mid Olympic solve – remember them? back in the day…”
Saturday Times 25239 (11th August)
Tricky puzzle, 22:14 to solve. A few interesting ideas, e.g. 15ac, 29ac, 17dn; a dodgy homophone at 18ac, and requiring some knowledge of art (9dn, 24dn). Overall a very enjoyable puzzle. Across 1 BISTRO – … Read more “Saturday Times 25239 (11th August)”
Times 25244 – Took almost as long to load as it did to complete
Solving time: 23:34 I’m not sure if there’s a problem with the website today, but I kept getting an error when trying to access any puzzle from my laptop. I tried my son’s laptop and … Read more “Times 25244 – Took almost as long to load as it did to complete”