The English-speaking world cannot help but be overwhelmed by the massive media hoo-ha surrounding the birth of a royal who will be king. Good for you, GB and the piece that got my biggest cheer … Read more “Times 25536 – Baby Gaga”
Month: July 2013
Times Crossword 25,535 – welcome back to blogging edition
Solving Time: Hmm, is it just me or is this quite a hard crossword? I am out of blogging practice, and it took me over forty minutes to solve this. However it felt like a … Read more “Times Crossword 25,535 – welcome back to blogging edition”
Times 25,534 – It Takes Two To Get One In Trouble
Solving time 15 minutes An easy puzzle on the day we celebrate the birth of a new royal baby – congratulations to Kate and William. Across 1 BOFFIN – B-OFF-IN; Q perhaps; 4 MALARKEY – … Read more “Times 25,534 – It Takes Two To Get One In Trouble”
Times 25533 – Hail Phil!
Mickelson may not be everyone’s cup of tea but he’s one hell of a golfer. As for this puzzle, I finally got a clear run at it, only to come unstuck in the NE, where, … Read more “Times 25533 – Hail Phil!”
Sunday Times 4546 (14 Jul 2013) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: 21:41 I did this one online for a change, and recorded one of my fastest times in recent memory. I don’t know if this one was particularly easy, or if I just found … Read more “Sunday Times 4546 (14 Jul 2013) by Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2759 – Paul McKenna
I was a test solver for this puzzle, so I got to have the week off last week. My main comment on the original was that I thought that solvers would get a number of … Read more “Mephisto 2759 – Paul McKenna”
Jumbo 1043
Nothing particularly noteworthy or controversial in this – regular Saturday Jumbo fare. However, having said that, I made a rather silly mistake with 1D which I thought I had solved as my first one in … Read more “Jumbo 1043”
Saturday Times 25526 (13th July)
Solving time, probably over half an hour in the end, but only because of the infamous 12ac which seemed to catch most people out. As usual I was solving this on the Monday morning commute … Read more “Saturday Times 25526 (13th July)”
Times 25531
Solving time: 47:30 My apologies for not getting this up earlier, but I only remembered it was my turn to blog as I was going to bed. I tried starting it then, but it was … Read more “Times 25531”
Times 25523: Third Qualifier
As the convention has it, no specific time for this. Simply to say, I found this the hardest of the three by far. This may have to do with completing the 1973 puzzle first and … Read more “Times 25523: Third Qualifier”