Hello, and Happy New Year! Our seasonal bling is cleared away but there is still a plentiful supply of chocolate to polish off – just how I like it.
This was, I’m sure, the first time I’ve ever done a Jumbo in less than half an hour. So thank you very much, setter, for that welcome gift.
Nice to see Champagne getting a mention in the NYE crossword. A medium difficulty puzzle, that should have left you all well set up for the evening to follow!
I remember a fascinating film years ago about how London cabbies acquire the “Knowledge” of London streets. Unlike them, I struggled with the knowledge to get through this puzzle.
One for the anagram fans
16:48, so my string of easier Fridays continues into the new year! I was able to biff a fair number of these, so I will be unravelling the wordplay as I write this blog.
Time taken: 12:17. A bit slower than my usual, but in the end I am stuck on the wordplay for several clues, hopefully I can work them out as I write up this blog. From … Read more “Times 28492 – bowled or stumped?”
A nice puzzle from Trelawney, early in this new year…
My second Joker puzzle in a row, and again I was taken over my target time. But enjoyable and fair.
I found this one tricky, harder than last Wednesday’s which scored a 142 on the SNITCH, but I hadn’t thought was that hard.
Hello and Happy New Year to everyone.
