Another very good wordplay workout from Tim Moorey – I can usually trust my wordplay instincts when I run across an unusual word with him, and this helped a lot here, particularly on the improbable-looking … Read more “Mephisto 2755 – Tim Moorey”
Month: June 2013
Sunday Times 4542 (16 Jun 2013) by Dean Mayer
Solving time: 55:14 I started off quickly enough, getting the 11/13 combination before I’d finished reading the clue, but then slowed down considerably, and crawled over the line nearly an hour later. It felt like … Read more “Sunday Times 4542 (16 Jun 2013) by Dean Mayer”
Saturday Times 25502 (15th June)
Solving time was around 22 minutes for this, but I got one wrong (21ac), and have an unsatisfactory explanation for 1ac. Quite a testing puzzle, some long anagrams that required a bit of work to … Read more “Saturday Times 25502 (15th June)”
Times Jumbo 1039
I definitely found this the toughest of the Times Jumbo puzzles I’ve blogged about to date. I spent 37 minutes on it – apart from 13dn, which took me another 12 minutes at least to … Read more “Times Jumbo 1039”
Times 25507
Solving time: 33:09 I rattled through the top half in about 10 minutes, but slowed down a bit towards the bottom. A pretty enjoyable romp today. It’s rather nice to get one that doesn’t involve … Read more “Times 25507”
Times 25506 – The Final Countdown
Solving time : 10:34 on that endangered species, the Club Timer, good for second spot right now. I suspect I could have been considerably quicker if the two long anagrams came quickly to mind. Like … Read more “Times 25506 – The Final Countdown”
Times Crossword 25,499 – Second Championship Qualifier
Solving Time: Traditionally we don’t discuss these, for the qualifying competition. Disclosing your time will merely give others either a probably unjustified sense of optimism, or an unhelpful gloomy feeling. Suffice it to say that … Read more “Times Crossword 25,499 – Second Championship Qualifier”
Times 25505 – A turn up for the books
Solving Time: It’s rude and a bit obsessive to count Well, this is a blast from the past, although not necessarily for me… a blast that is. I’m a little rusty (if you’ll pardon the … Read more “Times 25505 – A turn up for the books”
Times 25,504
Solving time 20 minutes My thanks to Tim for swapping with me whilst I had a short break. I returned to find both the ill judged letter from The Times about the Crossword Club and … Read more “Times 25,504”
Times 25503 – Hail England’s Rose!
Buoyed by getting up to watch an Englishman win a Major for the first time in years, I found this nice number waiting for me at the office. With England through to the semis of … Read more “Times 25503 – Hail England’s Rose!”