Solving time: Unrecorded – I still had five left after the hour I allow myself on blogging days, so resorted to aids for them. For most of them I had interpreted the wordplay all wrong, … Read more “24693”
Author: daveperry
24681 – Not the easy one I was hoping for!
Solving time: Unrecorded – I still had 9 left after an hour, so in the interests of getting the blog done, I spent another 20 minutes with aids to complete it. I’ve been off work … Read more “24681 – Not the easy one I was hoping for!”
24669
Solving time: 1:13:12, after getting terribly bogged down in the SE corner. I found this a bit of a hard slog. The only long one that came easily was 26. That said, the north & … Read more “24669”
Jumbo 891 – October 2nd
No time recorded, as I did it bits and pieces here and there. But certainly well over two hours. I was quite pleased to solve it without recourse to aids, although there were a few … Read more “Jumbo 891 – October 2nd”
24657
More of a Supremo than a Schmuck Solving time: Stopped the clock just under the hour at 59:50. Three-quarters of it went in quickly and smoothly, but as is often the way with me, the … Read more “24657”
24645
Solving time: 62 minutes, 20 of those spent staring at the last three – 20, 23 & 27. Otherwise, slow but steady progress. No new words today, but SATRAP had to be dredged up from … Read more “24645”
24642
Solving time: About 75 minutes, but in my defence it was very late and I was very tired. I solved probably half the clues on my first pass through, which is a lot for me, … Read more “24642”
Jumbo 881 – 24th July 2010
Solving time: Not recorded. It took several sessions over several days. Not because it was particularly difficult, rather that I’ve not picked up a crossword for a couple of weeks and I’m a little rusty. … Read more “Jumbo 881 – 24th July 2010”
Jumbo 871 – 15th May 2010
Solving time: Three sessions, totalling about 2 hours, left me with seven, which were filled in over the course of the following week. In complete contrast to the last Jumbo I blogged, I found this … Read more “Jumbo 871 – 15th May 2010”
24510 – Very straightforward (thank goodness!)
Solving time: About 25 minutes. Apologies for the late blog. Pete sent an email to my work email address at midnight last night telling me I had the job, so of course I only picked … Read more “24510 – Very straightforward (thank goodness!)”