Solving time: 42 minutes Music: Viotti, Violin Concerto #22, Grumiaux/de Waart/Concertgebouw This was annoyingly difficult for an 8 PM puzzle, which only happens once on a blogging day this spring. By the time I return, … Read more “Times 25736 – Picture a card game coming down the path…..”
Month: March 2014
Mephisto 2793 – Don Manley
Hi all – I’m working in Dallas this weekend and am not likely to get a chance to write up this weekend’s Mephisto until Sunday afternoon my time (late Sunday night UK time). So here’s … Read more “Mephisto 2793 – Don Manley”
Sunday Times 4580 (9 Mar 2014) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: About 50 minutes, I think. The club timer read 1:10:04, but I had technical problems with it that day. I had to re-enter the grid 3 or 4 times before I successfully submitted … Read more “Sunday Times 4580 (9 Mar 2014) by Jeff Pearce”
Quick Cryptic blogging (Week 2)
Well, I think we had a very successful week, considering the short notice and influx of new bloggers. In fact that “considering” seems inappropriate – it was just a very good week of blogs, with … Read more “Quick Cryptic blogging (Week 2)”
Times Jumbo 1080 (1 Mar 2014)
Solving time: 44 minutes exactly. I’m not sure what my Jumbo record was before, but it was certainly over an hour. I completed this one in my lunch hour at work and still had time … Read more “Times Jumbo 1080 (1 Mar 2014)”
Saturday Times 25729 (8th March)
Unusually for me I solved this on the Saturday at home, rather than on the train on Monday or Tuesday as usual, and got it done in 13:09. A mixture of easy and difficult, just … Read more “Saturday Times 25729 (8th March)”
Quick Cryptic 5 by Joker
I have been nervous all week about having to fill an entire grid with fully parsed clues, and I think that the pressure didn’t help my solving time (I wonder how long I can use … Read more “Quick Cryptic 5 by Joker”
Times 25734
Solving time: About 50 minutes. This felt like quite a tricky one. I started it last night, but only got about a third of the way through in half an hour. So I went to … Read more “Times 25734”
Quick Cryptic Number 4 by Flamande – Pleasantly strolling
Solving time: 6 1/2 minutes. Hello everyone, long-time lurker, occasional poster, inveterate solver here. This was a nice pleasant stroll with nothing too challenging for me. I solved it on line so was held up … Read more “Quick Cryptic Number 4 by Flamande – Pleasantly strolling”
Times 25733 – bet the easy crossword is going to look dead easy today!
Solving time : 26:45 – which has to rank as one of my slowest solves ever, and I was on the verge of going and leaving this, but I have limited computer batter life and … Read more “Times 25733 – bet the easy crossword is going to look dead easy today!”