Solving Time: This is the second of the puzzles in the first preliminary round of the 2012 Championships. I solved it on the day in about 20 mins, but in such a rush and with … Read more “Times Crossword 25,308 – Marine Life edition”
Month: October 2012
Times 25,307
Morning, all. As you may have noticed, I am not your normally scheduled Jimbo (he’s off on holiday, so we have done some shuffling of Tuesday duties). Thus far I appear to have got the … Read more “Times 25,307”
Times 25306 – Better late than never…
Solving time: 18 Minutes Music: Rachmaninoff, The Bells, Slatkin/St Louis Symphony Although I was annoyed that the puzzle was late due to the change from BST to GMT, I caught up quickly. This is the … Read more “Times 25306 – Better late than never…”
Sunday Times 4508 (21 Oct 2012) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: 41:45 I found this one fairly average in terms of difficulty. I don’t think there were any new words in here to me, although there were a couple of unfamiliar ones – BERTHA … Read more “Sunday Times 4508 (21 Oct 2012) by Jeff Pearce”
Mephisto 2721 – Don Manley
After a couple of pretty tough Mephistos, this is back on the easier side (still more challenging than the daily), though there’s a few clues I can’t fully parse (of course 1 across is one … Read more “Mephisto 2721 – Don Manley”
Times Crossword Competition 2012 – Grand Final, Puzzle no. 3
Andy has aked me to blog one of the final puzzles, and I drew this one, which is described as 201203 in the online version; my purely anecdotal evidence – basically, “what some people said … Read more “Times Crossword Competition 2012 – Grand Final, Puzzle no. 3”
201202 2012 Championship Grand Final – Puzzle 2
After making such heavy weather of puzzle 1, I was hoping that puzzle 2 would provide some relief and it didn’t disappoint. The two long down clues both yielded quickly, providing a good foothold on … Read more “201202 2012 Championship Grand Final – Puzzle 2”
201201 2012 Championship Grand Final – Puzzle 1
This was my first final and – no doubt like many first-timers before me – I felt an element of pressure that just doesn’t exist when I’m sitting at home, solving online and munching on … Read more “201201 2012 Championship Grand Final – Puzzle 1”
Times Jumbo 1002
39:48 on the club timer – as this appears to be precisely 7 seconds more than the last Jumbo I blogged, I can only conclude it was of a similar degree of difficulty, which would … Read more “Times Jumbo 1002”
Saturday Times 25299 (20th Oct)
Solving time – not sure, around 25-30 minutes. I stopped the clock to take a phone call after 10 minutes and forgot to restart it again afterwards. As always on Championship day, this was a … Read more “Saturday Times 25299 (20th Oct)”