Solving time: About 40 minutes. I had three left after my alloted 30 minutes (5/12/17) and these took another 10 minutes to crack. A better challenge than last week. No new words, but a few … Read more “Sunday Times 4425 (20 Mar 2011)”
Author: daveperry
Times Jumbo 915 (12 Mar 2011)
I forgot to make a note of my time for this one. I did it two weeks ago, came to post it today and realised I hadn’t written the preamble. I remember liking the 3 … Read more “Times Jumbo 915 (12 Mar 2011)”
Sunday Times 4424 (13 Mar 2011)
Solving time: About 20 minutes. Fortunately I had a Jumbo to do as well, or I would have been twiddling my thumbs for half of my son’s swimming lesson. I found this very straightforward. There … Read more “Sunday Times 4424 (13 Mar 2011)”
Times 24800
Solving time: Just over an hour, but my mind really wasn’t on it. I was very distracted today with other things going on, so my slow time and abbreviated blog reflect that. You have my … Read more “Times 24800”
Sunday Times 4423 (6 Mar 2011)
Solving time: I didn’t quite finish in my alloted half-hour, but the two I had left (6/7) fell pretty quickly when I picked it up again a bit later on, so I’ll say about 32 … Read more “Sunday Times 4423 (6 Mar 2011)”
Times 24792 – Good stuff
Solving time: 59:19, and this put me second on the leaderboard at the time, so it must have been a tough one. Having got a couple of tricky ones to blog on my last couple … Read more “Times 24792 – Good stuff”
Sunday Times 4422 (27 Feb 2011)
Solving time: Best part of an hour all told. I still had 12 left after my first half-hour stint. Tried again a bit later on and got one more. Picked it up again the following … Read more “Sunday Times 4422 (27 Feb 2011)”
Times 24788 – Another quick start and slow finish
Solving time: 54:27, with 22 minutes spent on the last 4 answers. Started off steadily enough, but started to slow down as I neared the end. Then ground to a halt on the last 4 … Read more “Times 24788 – Another quick start and slow finish”
Sunday Times 4421 (20 Feb 2011)
Solving time: About 35-40 minutes, with one wrong. I had 6 left after 25 minutes, which I took another 10-15 minutes to pick off a bit later on. I did myself no favours by throwing … Read more “Sunday Times 4421 (20 Feb 2011)”
Sunday Times 4420 (13 Feb 2011)
Solving time: Romped through all but 3 (7/8/10) in about 13 minutes, then stared at these for the rest of my son’s swimming lesson without inspiration. I used aids on them when I got home … Read more “Sunday Times 4420 (13 Feb 2011)”