Solving time 14:05, so I found it much easier than the previous week’s one, although a lot of people commented on how tricky this one was (and the leaderboard tends to back them up). Good … Read more “Saturday Times 25765 (19th April)”
Month: April 2014
Quick Cryptic 35 by Oran
Without the grid-width 1ac, and with only 3 of the 6 first down clues, I found this a bit of challenge to get into. And had a lot of fun as a consequence! Very satisfied … Read more “Quick Cryptic 35 by Oran”
Times 25770
Solving time: 53:20 I solved most of this quite quickly, but came unstuck in the NE, and that took me an age to untangle. Some good clues here – 19d was a good spot by … Read more “Times 25770”
Times Quick Cryptic No 34 by Teazel
Hi everyone. I’m sorry for being late on parade today. Had an early appointment at the hospital that overran because of IT problems. Time taken was a little over 12 minutes. A nice pleasant solve … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 34 by Teazel”
Times 25769: when religion meets maths
Solving time : 15:33, putting me at the top of the Club timer, but I suspect not for long. There’s a few that I was kicking myself for not seeing straight off, so there’s some … Read more “Times 25769: when religion meets maths”
Times Crossword 25,762 – First Championship Qualifier
Solving Time: Apparently there is a tradition that we do not state times for completing qualifiers, as it might be either seen as boasting or off-putting, depending presumably on the time. (query: doesn’t that go … Read more “Times Crossword 25,762 – First Championship Qualifier”
Quick Cryptic 33 by Flamande
Greetings from New Caledonia, where Mrs. Novice (there’s some scope for wordplay in there somewhere) and I are currently holidaying. A delightful piece of France in the South Pacific, here you can sit under a … Read more “Quick Cryptic 33 by Flamande”
Times 25768: Garçon!
Solving time: 25:14 In retrospect should have seen some answers much more quickly. But I was having a bit of a dose of blogger’s nerves, so wanted to check everything against parsings before I put … Read more “Times 25768: Garçon!”
Quick Cryptic 32 Hurley
Little to say about this puzzle. I seemed to rattle through it reasonably quickly and didn’t get a kick out of any of the solutions which is most unusual. Definition parts of clues underlined where … Read more “Quick Cryptic 32 Hurley”
Times 25,767
16:06 on the Club timer, so by that measure this wasn’t the hardest puzzle of recent times; but in amongst some entry-level clues were a number of very clever ones, so it wasn’t the easiest … Read more “Times 25,767”