Solving time: 80 minutes Music: Shostakovich, Symphony #10, Karajan/BPO Well, I certainly didn’t cover myself with glory in this particular solve. While the puzzle was somewhat more difficult than last week, I’m sure everybody had … Read more “Times 25999 – A new millenium starts tomorrow!”
Day: 18th January 2015
Times Jumbo 1127
Slightly out of sequence, as this was one of the bonus holiday puzzles, so I have been overtaken by the subsequent Saturday blog. A solving time of 37 minutes is only a little bit more … Read more “Times Jumbo 1127”
Sunday Times 4624 (11 Jan 2014) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: 36:47 A decent crossword, not too tricky. A couple had me puzzling over the wordplay for a while post-solve – 26a & 24d. I had no quibbles. There was a certain amount of … Read more “Sunday Times 4624 (11 Jan 2014) by Tim Moorey”
Mephisto 2837 – Paul McKenna
I found the right hand side of this far more amenable than the left, where I’m still stuck on one piece of wordplay, though I think the answer can only be one thing. This was … Read more “Mephisto 2837 – Paul McKenna”