Solving time: 50:06 I found this one rather fun. There were quite a few interesting bits of wordplay, like the hidden phrases in 15 & 20, and to a lesser extent 9 & 11. I … Read more “Times 25471”
Month: May 2013
Times 25470 – hope you’re not 15!
Solving time : Solving time: 10:56, with my obligatory online typo (this time in 8 down). This was a nice medium challenge, with a few crafty definitions, but the wordplay was clear all the way … Read more “Times 25470 – hope you’re not 15!”
Times Crossword 25,469 – Sexplorative Edition
Solving Time: 24 minutes, so about average for a blogging day. One or two unfamiliar words, and one or two obscure bits of wordplay that I hope I will fathom as I write the blog.. … Read more “Times Crossword 25,469 – Sexplorative Edition”
Times 25,468
14:32 is good enough to put me in the current top 10 of the Club leaderboard, so suggests this is trickier than the normal challenge. Sorry for the slight delay to the blog; as so … Read more “Times 25,468”
Times 25467 – Birds in the Lock-up
39 minutes for this, ending with the cryptic clue at 21, which I thought was rather good. A few Britishisms to keep our Septic solvers honest, plus a bit of an operatic feel, with both … Read more “Times 25467 – Birds in the Lock-up”
Sunday Times 4535 (28 Apr 2013) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: 34 minutes offline I printed this one off and solved while cooking dinner. In truth, all that really involved was inserting the odd dish into the oven at various intervals, so I don’t … Read more “Sunday Times 4535 (28 Apr 2013) by Jeff Pearce”
Jumbo 1032
31:14 on the Club timer, which suggests this was a bit trickier than average (backed up by comparison with the other times on the leaderboard, though it’s always slightly harder than usual to tell at … Read more “Jumbo 1032”
Saturday Times 25460 (27th April)
Solving time: 15:55 – looking at a sub-10 for a while, but I ran out of steam in the bottom half and limped home a bit. Sorry this is a bit brief, but I’m in … Read more “Saturday Times 25460 (27th April)”
Times Cryptic – 25465
Another pangram! This was a very lively and interesting puzzle that was a pleasure to solve and took me 45 minutes. My only real problem was in the SE where a long Arabic word and … Read more “Times Cryptic – 25465”
Times 25464 – Wife No Longer
Not exactly a walk in the park as this took about an hour to solve. Some lovely clues for which the setter has taken pain to mix up the devices and also came up with … Read more “Times 25464 – Wife No Longer”