Solving time: 44:29 There was a lot of clever stuff going on here, so my time felt like a good one. It took me a while to get started, but I made fairly steady progress … Read more “Times 25722”
Month: February 2014
Club Monthly 20161 February 2014 – All’s Well that Ends Well
Solving Time: Well I am in a little difficulty here, since I printed it out as usual on 1st Feb, solved it, put it to one side pending writing the blog, and I haven’t seen … Read more “Club Monthly 20161 February 2014 – All’s Well that Ends Well”
Times 25721 – if I had a million 22s
Solving time : 20:32 on the club timer with more than half of it unraveling that bottom left hand side, mostly held up by the honking great cryptic definition of a word I’d never heard … Read more “Times 25721 – if I had a million 22s”
Times 25720: Unknown composers and underwear
Solving time: Close to the hour. The SE was a terror spent pondering possible composers’ names. Had to look it (or them) up in the end. So you can call this a DNF if you … Read more “Times 25720: Unknown composers and underwear”
Times 25,719
The last time I blogged a daily, I started slowly and accelerated rapidly; today I was fast out of the blocks before grinding to halt in an empty SW corner. Eventually a bit of hard … Read more “Times 25,719”
Times 25718 – Ever increasing circles?
36 minutes, but one wrong (D’oh!). The left hand went in quite smartly, the right rather more slowly. An enjoyable start to the week, on a par in terms of difficulty with yesterday’s mild Dean … Read more “Times 25718 – Ever increasing circles?”
Mephisto 2790 by Don Manley
And another interesting but middle of the road puzzle. Across 1 PORCPISCE – PE=exercise surrounds (croc is)* containing P=quietly (music); an old porpoise; 10 IDAEAN – I-D(A)EAN; Greek mountain; 11 EUPHON – (one)* surrounds U-PH; … Read more “Mephisto 2790 by Don Manley”
Sunday Times 4577 (16 Feb 2014) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: 42:01 I found this a good solid puzzle with some good clues and no complaints from me. Judging by the forum comments, I wasn’t alone in my ignorance of the second definition in … Read more “Sunday Times 4577 (16 Feb 2014) by Jeff Pearce”
Saturday Times 25711 (15th Feb)
Getting there, but I’m on call today. Thought I’d have an easy day of it but got called out half an hour before I was due to start and only just finished with it! Still, … Read more “Saturday Times 25711 (15th Feb)”
Times Jumbo 1077
28:16 on the Club timer, which suggests a pretty straightforward puzzle. Perfectly good entertainment for the weekend without living long in the memory. With Jumbos, which attract a far smaller audience than daily puzzles, I … Read more “Times Jumbo 1077”