I have a new odd location to add to my list of strange places in which I have completed a crossword – a cruise ship off Cape St Vincent in a force 9 gale with … Read more “Mephisto 2824 by Tim Moorey – Inspiration Required”
Month: October 2014
Jumbo 1113
I enjoyed this one as there are a number of clues with clever definitions and wordplay, and almost every clue has a very smooth surface reading. My compliments to the compiler. I did not time … Read more “Jumbo 1113”
Saturday Times 25915 (11th Oct)
Solving time 11:34, so quite an easy one. This week’s will probably be another kettle of fish entirely. Maybe it’s just nerves, but I always find the Saturday puzzle on Championships day to be extra-tough. … Read more “Saturday Times 25915 (11th Oct)”
Quick Cryptic No 160 by Flamande
Nothing too obscure, but a bit of general knowledge (literature, movies) needed and a few worthwhile anagrams, making this at the harder end of Quick Cryptic offerings in my view; it took me about 12 … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 160 by Flamande”
Times 25,920: Destroy All Monsters
I stayed up till midnight to get this one polished off – thankfully it was a nice easy one, clocking in at under 7 minutes. I think our esteemed editor is just trying to give … Read more “Times 25,920: Destroy All Monsters”
Times Quick Cryptic No 159 by Felix
Solving time: Upper end of scale. Greetings all One from the harder end of things today, but not by much. I think I had my stupid solving head on when I tackled this as working … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No 159 by Felix”
Times Crossword Championships 2014
This year the Championships have moved again, out of the Times HQ and into the Tower Hotel near Tower Bridge. I’ve booked a room myself, so I may just hang around the hotel bar between … Read more “Times Crossword Championships 2014”
Times crossword 25919: Madrid 913 761 500
This was fun, with some fine punning clues of the kind that make words do stuff they’re not supposed to do. The tricky thing for your obedient servant is that, if one has to explain … Read more “Times crossword 25919: Madrid 913 761 500”
Quick Cryptic No 158 by Rongo
This needed a little thought here and there, not just a fast write-in, took me about 15 minutes to be sure of the parsing as well as entering the answers where obvious. All very fair … Read more “Quick Cryptic No 158 by Rongo”
Times Crossword 25,918 – Solid as a
Solving Time: 26 minutes for this, mainly because having made steady if unspectacular progress, I got quite stuck at the end, on 1ac, 7dn and 4dn. All perfectly good clues, just me being slow I … Read more “Times Crossword 25,918 – Solid as a”