Author: dorsetjimbo

Solving time : 35 minutes A reasonable and enjoyable puzzle with no particularly outstanding features Across 1 GARFIELD – (red flag)* US President James Garfield assassinated 1881 5 WHOLLY – W(ine-merchant)-HOLLY 8 AIM – A1 … Read more “Times 23882 Goodfunsy”

Solving time : 25 minutes An interesting puzzle requiring a range of Trivial Pursuit knowledge to complete but nothing too difficult. One obscure type of fabric that I had come across before in crosswords. A … Read more “Times 23870 The Duke of Yolk meets Herbert Pocket”

Solving time : 20 minutes A very easy puzzle with no particular talking points Across 1 BARD – On Edit BAR-(Eisteddfo)D (missed the important bit out. Thanks Peter);reference The Gorsedd of Bards who meet in … Read more “Times 23858 A Breeze In The Gale”

Solving time : 30 minutes Some references to times past and a Royalist flavour to this straightforward but enjoyable puzzle. If you’ve never had the pleasure of using a Roneo machine you’re unlikely to know … Read more “Times 23846 Roneo, Roneo, wherefore art thou Roneo”

Solving time : 40 minutes Some obscure stuff today and one or two clues such as 24 down that would not be out of place in Mephisto. We have two old alphabets and an old … Read more “Times 23834 Ancient Arcane Alphabets”

Solving time : 35 minutes A mainly straightforward puzzle that I finished in 25 minutes except for 28 across. After a further 10 minutes without inspiration I decided not to hold the analysis up any … Read more “Times 23822 How Many Prunes?”

Solving time : 40 minutes I found the down clues easier than the across and the bottom half easier than the top. I guessed ADZE and PHONEME and verified afterwards.I’m still thinking about 1 across, … Read more “Times 23,810 I think it adze up”

Solving time : 30 minutes I bid you welcome to 2008 from a still drowsy Dorset. This is an easy puzzle to start the year.I wish you all good solving in the new year, but … Read more “Times 23,798 Lang May Your Lum Reek”

Solving time : 25 time minutes Another very pleasant but also rather easy puzzle. The more obscure words like “jabot” were very easy to get from the wordplay. I had trouble with the structure of … Read more “Times 23787”

Solving time : 45 minutes Quite tricky in parts with some nice clues along the way. I took too long to get 1 down and that held me up.A wide range of knowledge required for … Read more “Times 23,775 A Potpourri of Knowledge”