34:33 on the Club timer; in the preamble to my last Jumbo blog, I described my time of 34:36 as “pretty much bang on my average time for the Jumbo (or at least my usual … Read more “Times Jumbo 1052”
Month: September 2013
Saturday Times 25574 (7th Sept)
Solving time 21:16 – I think I found this a bit tricky just because I was getting tired after already solving the previous Thursday and Friday puzzles in the same session. Good puzzle though – … Read more “Saturday Times 25574 (7th Sept)”
Times 25579
Solving time: 51:24 I plodded my way through this one fairly steadily, if not particularly quickly, without getting held up for more than a few minutes at any point. When I finished just before 1am, … Read more “Times 25579”
Times 25,578
Solving time 15 minutes No idea who should be blogging today but I’m posting this emergency blog at 16.00 UK time Easy puzzle – one queryt at 5D Across 1 MOBILISED – (LibDem is + … Read more “Times 25,578”
Times 25577: (Y)es, French art
Solving time: 23:44 Sorry this blog is up a bit late. So was I. But not too much trouble, especially on the left-hand side which seemed easier to me than the right. A few long … Read more “Times 25577: (Y)es, French art”
Times 25,576
13:04 on the club timer. While that’s obviously not the sort of time which would make me feel lightning fast on most daily puzzles, the uncrowded leaderboard so far suggests I was definitely on the … Read more “Times 25,576”
Crossword Research update
I heard from Kathryn Friedlander this morning with an update to the research on crossword solving skills that some of us took part in a couple of years ago. For those who didn’t, this involved … Read more “Crossword Research update”
Times 25575 – Thank ‘Eaven for Leetul Pearls
Another gentle Monday offering, with quite a few going in from the literals. No standouts and no complaints. 22 minutes, but one wrong. Across 1 DISTINGUISHED – extinguished with the ex replaced by D + … Read more “Times 25575 – Thank ‘Eaven for Leetul Pearls”
Jumbo 1051 – the cheeky hidden one on Bank holiday Monday (26th August)
Completely missed this one as it snuck into a Bank holiday paper without much flagging up. Only when my calendar looked wrong this Sunday did I realise what had happened and quickly looked it up … Read more “Jumbo 1051 – the cheeky hidden one on Bank holiday Monday (26th August)”
Sunday Times 4553 (1 Sep 2013) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: 39:25 I wasn’t keen on this one as it seemed to require an awful lot of specialised knowledge. There were lots of unknowns to me – the birds PRION and TOURACO, the plant … Read more “Sunday Times 4553 (1 Sep 2013) by Jeff Pearce”