Solving time : 21 minutes – there’s a lot of craftiness in these clues, and a quick scan of acrosses and downs only yielded about eight answers, so I thought I might be in for … Read more “Times 25410 – smile, you’re on candid camera!”
Month: February 2013
Times 25409: Senseless cheering downunder
Solving time: 27:19 Getting just a tad harder as the week goes on … for me at least. But nothing too difficult here. One trap for the over-hasty solver and a few I’ve got from … Read more “Times 25409: Senseless cheering downunder”
Times 25,408
15:04 on the Club timer; as this included the usual blogger’s Extra Time, spent checking I was at least 90% certain on my parsing of everything before submitting, I think we can classify this as … Read more “Times 25,408”
Times 25407 – “Be sure to hide the fishes….
Solving time: 35 minutes Music: Mahler, Symphony #1, Horenstein/LSO (yes, on Unicorn Records) This should have been quite an easy puzzle. It is heavily dependent on general knowledge, and in general, I had the knowledge. … Read more “Times 25407 – “Be sure to hide the fishes….”
Jumbo 1021 – 59 straightforward clues and an absolute stinker !
Did this a week late, having missed the weekend in question. It was fairly straightforward, probably because it seemed to have far fewer cryptic clues than usual, and mostly clear definitions, however what would have … Read more “Jumbo 1021 – 59 straightforward clues and an absolute stinker !”
Mephisto 2738 by Paul McKenna
I found this a little harder than of late. This is the first puzzle for some time that I failed to solve from top to bottom. I ended up solving from the bottom upwards, which … Read more “Mephisto 2738 by Paul McKenna”
Sunday Times 4525 (17 Feb 2013) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: 25:31 – with one mistake. On the whole I found this quite straightforward. I’m not sure if it was easy, or if I just got on to the setter’s wavelength quickly. Some of … Read more “Sunday Times 4525 (17 Feb 2013) by Tim Moorey”
Saturday Times 25400 (16th Feb)
16:53 to solve, fairly straightforward apart from the one tricky bit of wordplay that I had to come back to. A few bits of British geography might have made it harder for overseas solvers though. … Read more “Saturday Times 25400 (16th Feb)”
Times 25405 – Got away with it again!
Oh, hell, LJ seem to have removed the option for the old-look editor and I feel disoriented, so fingers crossed… This took me 36 minutes after a very slow start due to blogger’s nerves. Once … Read more “Times 25405 – Got away with it again!”
Times 25,404 – Light & Easy
Although I like a challenge, I prefer it when the puzzle I have to blog does not have too many hard-boiled eggs. So I am extremely happy that today’s offering is light and easy, well … Read more “Times 25,404 – Light & Easy”