Month: January 2014

I solved all but four clues in the SE corner within 30 minutes parsing as I went, but I needed another 15 to finish it off with 17dn and 19ac accounting for the last 10 … Read more “TIMES 25692 – Aharr, Jim Lad!”

14′ 41″, which turned out to be just under 2 Gilhams, but then I was taking it steady and trying to make sure everything made sense. No artists, no cricket, no poets, no painters despite … Read more “25691 Delightful from top to bottom”

Solving Time: I breezed through this comfortably in 22 minutes, but on blithely typing and submitting it, was taken aback to be told I had two errors. I do hate it when that happens. What … Read more “Times Crossword 25,690 – S or Z?”

Reasonably straightforward today with only the Noel Coward work unknown to me. Most of the definitions are well signposted so that 10A for example can be entered without working out the cryptic. 20 minute solve. … Read more “Times 25,689”

Solving time: 51 minutes Music: Chopin, Ballades, Arrau As you can see, this one gave me a little trouble. I had most of it filled in after 25 minutes, but two of the corners proved … Read more “Times 25688 – A bargain at half the price!”

Solving time: 44:42 I struggled in the NW corner today. It took me an age to work out 1a. I was assuming the piano reference in the surface was intended to mislead, and was trying … Read more “Times 25686”

Solving time : 13:31, including taking a phone call, so this was on the easier side of things, which makes four in a row by my reckoning. I was prepared for this one to be … Read more “Times 25685 – maybe tomorrow’s will be the stinker?”