Solving Time: 44 minutes and I was very pleased with that; it is quick for me, and by some quirk of chance I actually knew most of the answers, such as 2dn which has been … Read more “Club Monthly 20148 January 2014 – spot the error”
Month: January 2014
Times 25698
Solving time: 46:26 I consider anything less than hour to be a good result on a blogging night, so I’m quite happy with this time. I went through the NW corner quite quickly, then slowed … Read more “Times 25698”
Times 25697 – bring on the neutrinos
Solving time : 18:28, which puts me not just first on the leaderboard, but as of right now, only on the leaderboard! I believe we may have our tricksy one for the week. There’s one … Read more “Times 25697 – bring on the neutrinos”
Times 25696: More Sitzfleisch!
Solving time: 28:44 Shouldn’t present too many problems for the regular crowd; but I fell into trouble in the SW and NE corners, trying to scribble the parsings as I went. I think I have … Read more “Times 25696: More Sitzfleisch!”
Times 25,695 – The Blog What I Wrote
11:54 for a puzzle which I don’t think will pose insuperable problems for too many solvers. Where I wasn’t certain of the necessary vocabulary (a couple of clues), the wordplay pointed me in only one … Read more “Times 25,695 – The Blog What I Wrote”
Times 25694 – Sting in the horn?
Another gentle start to the week, unless like me you were held up by the 1s. That said, a very enjoyable puzzle, which may be safely added to that burgeoning category, ‘suitable for those seeking … Read more “Times 25694 – Sting in the horn?”
Sunday Times 4573 (19 Jan 2014) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: 52:55 This one took me a while, but looking back on it, I’m not entirely sure why. It all seems quite straightforward now. 1a took me a while to unravel as the anagram … Read more “Sunday Times 4573 (19 Jan 2014) by Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2786 by Paul McKenna
An interesting and entertaining Mephisto. I have one query at 6D where I’m missing a piece of the parsing. Across 1 AGHAST – AGHA-ST; 5 LOVAGE – LOV(A-G)E; G=German; drink from the west country; 10 … Read more “Mephisto 2786 by Paul McKenna”
Jumbo 1073
Nothing particularly noteworthy here, apart from more double definition type clues than usual. I did not note my time for solving Across 1 IN PASSING – double definition 6 HANDS-ON – double definition 10 BACON … Read more “Jumbo 1073”
Saturday Times 25687 (18th Jan)
Solving time 16:03, although that was without full parsing of some of the clues. Some very convoluted wordplay in this one, e.g. 1ac, 9ac, 25ac, 4dn, 14dn. Despite that the surface readings all made perfect … Read more “Saturday Times 25687 (18th Jan)”