A good crossword to mark my last Times for the Times blog (at least for the time being!). I found this one quite challenging at times with some of the answers sitting on the tip … Read more “23,760 – Bish! Bash! Bosh!”
Author: dhogg
23754 – More of a jive than a pavan for me…
Back on form this morning, completing this puzzle in less than seven minutes. Things just seemed to click into place, and guesses turned out to be good ones. ACROSS 1 TATE(r) 3 BOOK CRITIC – … Read more “23754 – More of a jive than a pavan for me…”
23,748 – Charming or Offensive?
This was not my favourite Times puzzle ever, although it did have some very clever clues. At first, I thought that my lack of enthusiasm for it was due to it taking me a long … Read more “23,748 – Charming or Offensive?”
23,742 – slow starter
Good, fair puzzle today with some excellent surfaces, I thought. Took me a while to get started, but the whole thing was complete in less than 11 minutes, OSAGE being the last light to go … Read more “23,742 – slow starter”
Find the K
Interesting puzzle with a few words you don’t often see in crosswords, although I was a little disappointed that, having made the effort to get X, Q and Z into the puzzle, the setter didn’t … Read more “Find the K”
Cruciverbo ergo sum
Not a very satisfying solve, as most of the clues weren’t that challenging, and I am sure that, had I not been rusty and distracted, I could probably have completed this in half the time … Read more “Cruciverbo ergo sum”
A “better” class of puzzle
Due to the last few weeks being the only time of the year when I actually do some real work, as opposed to pretending (hope my employers don’t read this blog!), I haven’t done many … Read more “A “better” class of puzzle”
23,712 – deSPICAble
I really struggled with this one, and eventually had to revert to a solver for the last clue – 11 across. I’d be interested to know how many average commuters solved this one on the … Read more “23,712 – deSPICAble”
23,706 – shortest blog ever?
Fairly straightforward puzzle that I probably would have solved a minute quicker had I not been thinking about how I’d blog some of the clues as I went along. No difficult words, or complicated wordplay … Read more “23,706 – shortest blog ever?”
Mephisto 2453 – Tim Moorey
Sorry for the delay in posting this – no other excuse other than a “senior moment”. This was actually a very easy puzzle by Mephisto standards, although the wordplay for a couple of the clues … Read more “Mephisto 2453 – Tim Moorey”