Solving time: About 40 minutes again this week. I still had several left after 30 minutes. This is probably my least favourite grid. I don’t like the way the four corners don’t intersect with each … Read more “Sunday Times 4431 (1 May 2011)”
Author: daveperry
Sunday Times 4430 (24 Apr 2011)
Solving time: About 40 minutes, with the last 10 minutes spent on three clues – 7/11/12. One unknown word for me today – NAIRA, but a few others were unfamiliar – TATAMI, PLENIPOTENTIARY and PO … Read more “Sunday Times 4430 (24 Apr 2011)”
Times Jumbo 920 (16 Apr 2011)
Time: Just over three hours. It seemed like quite a tough one. I loved the ‘lift and separate’ at 12d – a really excellent clue. My COD. Apologies for the late posting, by the way, … Read more “Times Jumbo 920 (16 Apr 2011)”
Times 24836 – Here’s to the happy couple!
Within about 30 seconds of starting this I realised that it was themed, and my heart sank. I often find the clues in themed grids tend to be a little more strained and subsequently harder … Read more “Times 24836 – Here’s to the happy couple!”
Sunday Times 4429 (17 Apr 2011) – Toilet humour
Solving time: Just over half an hour. I finished it during my son’s swimming lesson, but I think it was a couple of minutes late finishing. I didn’t think I was going to make it, … Read more “Sunday Times 4429 (17 Apr 2011) – Toilet humour”
Sunday Times 4428 (10 Apr 2011)
Solving time: About 24 minutes, albeit with one mistake. Pretty standard fare. There were three words I didn’t know, but all went in confidently enough from the wordplay alone. They were PINON, NISEI & ANIMADVERSION. … Read more “Sunday Times 4428 (10 Apr 2011)”
Times 24824
Solving time: 36:29, according to the club times, but I must have lost 10 minutes when my computer died when I was three-quarters done. So comfortably inside half an hour in real terms. That’s two … Read more “Times 24824”
Sunday Times 4427 (3 Apr 2011) – A scientist no one thought of
Solving time: Exactly 30 minutes. I thought of the final answer just as my son finished his swimming lesson. After Ernest Rutherford got a mention in the grid that pre-dated this one by two days, … Read more “Sunday Times 4427 (3 Apr 2011) – A scientist no one thought of”
Sunday Times 4426 (27 Mar 2011) – Normal Sunday service has been resumed?
Solving time: Hard to judge. I did this in bits and pieces in five or ten minute sections. But I would guess well over an hour and a half. This was certainly much harder than … Read more “Sunday Times 4426 (27 Mar 2011) – Normal Sunday service has been resumed?”
Times 24812 – Three authors and a physicist
Solving time: 38:30. Nice to get a straightforward one on my turn to blog for a change. I very nearly forgot it was my turn to blog today, only remembering just in time. This one … Read more “Times 24812 – Three authors and a physicist”