Solving time: 20:26 Not quite as easy as Monday’s and not quite as hard (or enjoyable) as yesterday’s. Perhaps a couple of bits of vocab (18ac, 24dn) might be unfamiliar; but the clues pretty much … Read more “Times 25350: Plucking game birds”
Month: December 2012
Times 25,349
19:01 on the Club timer. My initial reaction: after yesterday’s almost non-existent challenge, something much more substantial and challenging. I shall wait to see if other people had a similar experience of what seems to … Read more “Times 25,349”
Times 25348 – At the second hole on the final day of the Masters…..
Solving time: 16 minutes Music: Pictures at an Exhibition – Richter This is by far the easiest puzzle I have ever blogged. I don’t know what got into them, but some of the clues are … Read more “Times 25348 – At the second hole on the final day of the Masters…..”
Problems with the site
Something strange is going on. If you’re logged in you’ll see this post, if you’re not, there’s a good chance you won’t. Yesterday, my placeholder and Helen’s Jumbo blog (as submitted by her and again … Read more “Problems with the site”
Sunday Times 4515 (9 Dec 2012) by Dean Mayer
Solving time: 1:24:13 After last week’s walk in the park, Dean’s offering this week was always going to be tough. I stared at it for about 20 minutes before I entered my first answer, having … Read more “Sunday Times 4515 (9 Dec 2012) by Dean Mayer”
Jumbo 1009 (1st Dec)
Posted on Helen’s behalf as her PC’s playing up. I wasn’t able to time myself for this puzzle, but I thought it was on the difficult side, with nicely misleading surface readings for several of … Read more “Jumbo 1009 (1st Dec)”
Saturday Times 25341 (8th Dec)
My last chance for Christmas shopping today so I’ll have to do this later. Much later, as it turned out. I was too tired when I got home yuesterday, but here it is. Solving time … Read more “Saturday Times 25341 (8th Dec)”
Times 25346 – Struggled a bit
I went over the hour by a few minutes on this one. I didn’t have problems starting but I couldn’t get it to flow so I was constantly hopping around the grid putting in odd … Read more “Times 25346 – Struggled a bit”
Times 25345 – frenetic fortunate facility
Solving time : 9 minutes 11 seconds on the club timer, good for top spot for now, but I suspect not for long – my last in being an anagram that I think most of … Read more “Times 25345 – frenetic fortunate facility”
Times Crossword 25,344 – an explosive event
Solving Time: 26 minutes, about average for my blog efforts. I suspect this may be on the harder side rather than the easier. It calls for some general knowledge (quite right too), a wee bit … Read more “Times Crossword 25,344 – an explosive event”