Solving time: 17:49, but with one wrong. I’d have done better to solve this before the other Olympic puzzles while I was still fresh. But I tackled them in reverse order, and was so tired … Read more “Vintage Olympic Crossword 5734 – originally published 29 July 1948”
Day: 26th December 2012
Times Crossword 21,522 26 Dec 2012 – remembering the Sydney Olympics
Solving Time: About 25 minutes, but the last five spent on 20dn. This is one of the four “Vintage Olympic cryptic puzzles” printed on the Crossword Club website today, and my second blog of the … Read more “Times Crossword 21,522 26 Dec 2012 – remembering the Sydney Olympics”
Vintage Olympic Crossword 17801 – originally October 15th 1988
Solving time 13:44, still surprisingly loose by today’s standards but a bit better than the 1964 one. I probably solved this first time round. In 1988 I’d just started working for Ladbrokes as a betting-shop … Read more “Vintage Olympic Crossword 17801 – originally October 15th 1988”
Vintage Olympic Crossword 10737 – originally October 10th 1964
Took about half an hour, with a few going in on a wing and a prayer. Very loose by today’s standards, with loads of weak cryptic definitions and a couple of bits of Shakespeare (but … Read more “Vintage Olympic Crossword 10737 – originally October 10th 1964”
Times Crossword 25,355 – are you getting your Five A Day?
Solving Time: 22 minutes, which seems to be about average for me at present. Fairly straightforward stuff, helped by an easy 1ac and 2dn. The only unknown for me was the French writer (as usual) … Read more “Times Crossword 25,355 – are you getting your Five A Day?”