I managed 23′ 31″ and had to check to confirm that the unlikely collection of letters that I had battered 9 down into was indeed a recognised piece of vocabulary. Not much in this one … Read more “25679 Many paths in my garden – lead me down any number of them.”
Month: January 2014
Times Crossword 25,678 – A Geography Lesson
Solving Time: 33 minutes.. I started off like a rocket, and was set for a quick time but got held up first in the SW corner and then worse, having stupidly put SCARPER for 2dn … Read more “Times Crossword 25,678 – A Geography Lesson”
Times 25,677
Morning all; Jim (or more accurately, you’ll be glad to hear, his broadband connection) has fallen victim to the Great Dorset Inundation. Luckily he was able to get a message out by carrier pigeon first, … Read more “Times 25,677”
Times 25676 – Gee, this seems rather familiar…
Solving time: 50 minutes Music: None, golf is back on TV Today’s puzzle is a bit difficult for a Monday. There is some clever wordplay that makes it difficult to find the literal, so I … Read more “Times 25676 – Gee, this seems rather familiar…”
Mephisto 2783 – Paul McKenna
I got through most of this before having to dive in to the dictionaries and electronic aids, so I’d call it easy-medium (if BEQ is looking in, “easyum” works well here) on the Mephisto scale. … Read more “Mephisto 2783 – Paul McKenna”
Sunday Times 4570 (29 Dec 2013) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: About 25 minutes to solve, but much longer to parse. I finished this fairly quickly for me, because I quickly decided not to spend too much time attempting to explain all the clues … Read more “Sunday Times 4570 (29 Dec 2013) by Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 4569 (22 Dec 2013) by Dean Mayer
Solving time: None recorded. On the rare occasions that I make the journey down south to visit my family, we like to spend some time gathered around a crossword, pooling our collective resources. I was … Read more “Sunday Times 4569 (22 Dec 2013) by Dean Mayer”
Saturday Times 25664 (21st December)
Solving time 14:42, again I had to wait two weeks before doing the blog due to the extended closing date, so can’t remember too much about it now. I loved the long hidden reversal at … Read more “Saturday Times 25664 (21st December)”
Times 25674
Solving time: I couldn’t time it as I did it in bits on the train/tram on the way to work. From start to finish probably about forty minutes, but there was a 10 minute bike … Read more “Times 25674”
Times 25673 – spot the wally
Solving time : Oh goody, still nursing the effects of the day after New Year’s Eve and it’s blogging day. 19 minutes and 8 seconds later, I hit the submit button with a whiff of … Read more “Times 25673 – spot the wally”