Solving time: 23 minutes Music: Carol of Harvest Now here’s a real Monday puzzle; this is about as fast as it gets for me. I just had a little trouble getting a started, but once … Read more “Times 25665 – Little competition for the Turkey”
Month: December 2013
Mephisto 2781 – Don Manley
I have a typical Sunday routine – I print off the four regular Sunday puzzles (Times, Mephisto, Everyman and Azed) and take them to Starbucks to caffeinate and solve. I’d already gotten an email that … Read more “Mephisto 2781 – Don Manley”
Sunday Times 4568 (15 Dec 2013) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: About 1:10 Over the hour for what seems a tough but fair puzzle. It’s hard to see, looking back, quite why it was so tough, but I certainly struggled with it. And judging … Read more “Sunday Times 4568 (15 Dec 2013) by Jeff Pearce”
Times 25663
Solving time: 49:09 according to the timer, but considerably less in practice. I opened the puzzle, wrote in AARGH and promptly fell asleep. Once I’d woken up, I seemed to rattle through it quite quickly. … Read more “Times 25663”
25662 – I have a tale to tell, maybe
Solving time : 24:50 – and I’m only the sceond on the timer so far, so I think this is on the harder side. I certainly found it that way, piecing together a number of … Read more “25662 – I have a tale to tell, maybe”
Times 25661: Curate’s 26
Solving time: 20:29 This includes a minute or so knowing the obvious answer to 8dn but failing to see the bleeding obvious. If you didn’t have to parse as you went, you probably wouldn’t bother … Read more “Times 25661: Curate’s 26”
Times 25,660
As I was feeling a bit tired last night, I decided not to stay up for a midnight solve and blog (also, for once, the prospect of staying up to catch the end of the … Read more “Times 25,660”
Times 25659 – Nice ‘n’ Easy Does it
A gentle start to the week, even if there are one or two I have yet to parse. 28 minutes. Across 1 FELLOW-TRAVELLER – term originally used by Trotsky to describe a clandestine supporter of … Read more “Times 25659 – Nice ‘n’ Easy Does it”
The Puzzle of all Puzzles by Anax – Setter’s blog
I came upstairs just now to do my own Saturday blog (yeah, I know, things don’t always work out as planned) and also this one (to be found on page 26 of this week’s Sunday … Read more “The Puzzle of all Puzzles by Anax – Setter’s blog”
Mephisto 2780 by Paul McKenna
Very easy puzzle that did not require Chambers whilst solving Across 1 DJEBEL – D(J)EBEL – J from J(aguar); old word for crush=DEBEL; Arabic for a mountain; 6 SADIST – S-A-DIST; strangeness=S (quantum physics); 12 … Read more “Mephisto 2780 by Paul McKenna”