This year is the centenary of the crossword, the first “Word-Cross” puzzle having been published in the New York World on December 21st 1913. To mark this, John Halpern, a Times setter who also sets … Read more “2013 – Centenary Year of the Crossword”
Day: 6th January 2013
Sunday Times 4518 (30 Dec 2012) by Jeff Pearce – Substance abuse
Solving time: 24:33 – with one mistake. Quite a gentle Sunday solve this week, after last week’s time-consuming Jumbo. I made one clumsy mistake at 2d due to not spending enough time parsing the wordplay. … Read more “Sunday Times 4518 (30 Dec 2012) by Jeff Pearce – Substance abuse”
Sunday Times 4517 (23 Dec 2012) – Dean’s Christmas Cracker
Solving time: 1:55:40 An excellent Yuletide solve from Anax this. I have no complaints about any of the clues, and some of them were really excellent. 2, 11 & 14 were probably the pick of … Read more “Sunday Times 4517 (23 Dec 2012) – Dean’s Christmas Cracker”
Mephisto 2731 – Tim Moorey
One of the more challenging Mephistos I can recall – there’s a lot that is way outside of my ken, but may be more familiar to more experienced solvers. Not a lot of giveaways, though … Read more “Mephisto 2731 – Tim Moorey”