Solving Time: 35:59 Quite a straightforward puzzle this week, but not one of Jeff’s best. Lots of cryptic definitions which I’m not generally a huge fan of. Anyway, I’m blogging this from a holiday in … Read more “Sunday Times 4583 (30 Mar 2014) by Jeff Pearce”
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Sunday Times 4582 (23 Mar 2014) by Tim Moorey
Solving Time: 63:39 A good test. I didn’t feel like I got on the setter’s wavelength particularly well, but then I very rarely do with Tim’s puzzles. Three sportsmen in this one – Brian Lara, … Read more “Sunday Times 4582 (23 Mar 2014) by Tim Moorey”
Times 25746
Solving time: 29:39 but with one letter accidentally missed out. I found this quite straightforward. A sub-30 minute solve on a blogging day is pretty good going for me. That said, I was too quick … Read more “Times 25746”
Sunday Times 4581 (16 Mar 2014) by Dean Mayer
Solving Time: 54:51 A typical Dean puzzle. Quite tough, with plenty of inventive wordplay and excellent surface readings. Too many good ones to pick a COD. cd = cryptic def., dd = double def., rev … Read more “Sunday Times 4581 (16 Mar 2014) by Dean Mayer”
Sunday Times 4580 (9 Mar 2014) by Jeff Pearce
Solving time: About 50 minutes, I think. The club timer read 1:10:04, but I had technical problems with it that day. I had to re-enter the grid 3 or 4 times before I successfully submitted … Read more “Sunday Times 4580 (9 Mar 2014) by Jeff Pearce”
Times Jumbo 1080 (1 Mar 2014)
Solving time: 44 minutes exactly. I’m not sure what my Jumbo record was before, but it was certainly over an hour. I completed this one in my lunch hour at work and still had time … Read more “Times Jumbo 1080 (1 Mar 2014)”
Times 25734
Solving time: About 50 minutes. This felt like quite a tricky one. I started it last night, but only got about a third of the way through in half an hour. So I went to … Read more “Times 25734”
Sunday Times 4579 (2 Mar 2014) by Tim Moorey
Solving time: 51:44 Not a bad test. There were a couple of potential traps for the unwary where similar words would fit the checkers – 16a and 17d, but both were clear from the wordplay. … Read more “Sunday Times 4579 (2 Mar 2014) by Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 4578 (23 Feb 2014) by Dean Mayer
Solving time: 44:32 Not too difficult by Dean’s standards, but no less enjoyable for it. Plenty of excellent surface readings, and clever wordplay. cd = cryptic def., dd = double def., rev = reversal, homophones … Read more “Sunday Times 4578 (23 Feb 2014) by Dean Mayer”
Times 25722
Solving time: 44:29 There was a lot of clever stuff going on here, so my time felt like a good one. It took me a while to get started, but I made fairly steady progress … Read more “Times 25722”