An enjoyable puzzle of about average difficulty. I made life a little difficult for myself by managing to find three answers to 26D, the last of which was the correct one – so two feline … Read more “Mephisto 2742 by Don Manley – Pussy Galore”
Month: March 2013
Sunday Times 4529 (17 Mar 2013) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: I can’t give any kind of time, I’m afraid. I’m currently visiting my parents in Portugal, and my Dad had this half done when I arrived. It doesn’t seem too tricky looking back … Read more “Sunday Times 4529 (17 Mar 2013) by Jeff Pearce”
Saturday Times 25424 (16th March)
Sorry, PC problems have prevented me posting today. Following a hasty rebuild I should have it up later tonight. Well, that was the plan anyway, but I also managed to break my keyboard (and the … Read more “Saturday Times 25424 (16th March)”
Times Jumbo 1025 (9 Mar 2013)
Solving time: About an hour and three quarters offline. I quite enjoyed this one, although sometimes I find these jumbos a bit of a slog. I still don’t understand 47a, so I would appreciate an … Read more “Times Jumbo 1025 (9 Mar 2013)”
Times 25429
36 minutes for this with 5dn and 13ac taking me over the 30 minute mark. A nice set of clues with only half a niggle and one clue perhaps not entirely understood. Across 1 FAWN … Read more “Times 25429”
Times 25428 – Spotted Youngsters
What a delightful morning’s work-out. Cryptic clues with definitions that are cryptic in their own right. Nearly an hour with much time spent trying to unravel the wordplay as I know I have to explain … Read more “Times 25428 – Spotted Youngsters”
Times Crossword 25,427 – elementary, or fundamentally difficult?
Solving Time: 24 minutes, about average for me on a blogging day, though I think this is definitely harder than some recent efforts, eg yesterday. I enjoyed it a lot and thought it had some … Read more “Times Crossword 25,427 – elementary, or fundamentally difficult?”
Times 25,426 – Of Alice Bands And A Fez
Solving time 15 minutes Our run of relatively easy daily puzzles continues with this pleasant, well constructed but straightforward puzzle. The Chinese “hanzi” may be a tad obscure and Tommy Cooper will probably not be … Read more “Times 25,426 – Of Alice Bands And A Fez”
Times 25425 – A song and a dance
Solving time: 38 Minutes Music: Clannad: Crann Ull This puzzle did not seem difficult at first, as I raced through the top half in about ten minutes, expecting a good time. While I found quite … Read more “Times 25425 – A song and a dance”
Sunday Times 4528 (10 Mar 2013) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: About 30 minutes offline. Not a particularly imaginative puzzle, this one. There were three hidden words, and five single letter removals. I noticed someone on the forum querying the practice of using references … Read more “Sunday Times 4528 (10 Mar 2013) by Tim Moorey”