Author: foggyweb

Solving time : 1hr 24I found this pretty hard going – but very enjoyable. A few I guessed straightaway from the definition and didn’t fully work out til a bit later – 1ac, 17ac, 29ac. … Read more “23,552 – The Difficult Crossing”

Solving time : Just over an hourI didn’t get off to a great start today. I smiled at a few clues and learnt a few pieces of useless information along the way. The NE corner … Read more “23,546 – Well, nobody’s perfect”

Solving time: 42 minutes, but with a mistake I made a flying start and began to think that I’d break the half-hour mark for only the third time in my Times Crosswording life. Then I … Read more “23,540 – Guys and Dolls”

Solving time : about 90 minutes – in three sittings Some nice symmetry with the first and last answers being Indian cities – one that I’ve seen before in crosswords and one that I haven’t. … Read more “23522 – Obs and Sols”

Solving time : 46 minutesI made a quick start on the SE corner and then pretty steady progress. they were quite a few straightforward clues to make this accessible to beginners. There were a couple … Read more “23,516 – a moment of cheeky brilliance”

Solving time: about 1 hour 20 minutes Enjoyable enough – decent wordplay (difficult in places) but quite a few smiles to be had. Apologies for today’s brevity (and lack of my usual hypertextuality) – a … Read more “23,510 – and all that jazz?”

Solving time : 41 minutesA pretty quick time for me today – a mix of standard wordplay that I am quite used to now, and some good surface readings that weren’t too confusing. I particularly … Read more “23,504 – An enjoyable caper”

23,498 – Know your rightsSolving time: 1h 20m It took a while to get going today, quite a few clues would have stumped me if I didn’t have letters already in place. A good mixture … Read more “23,498 – Know your rights”

Solving time: 56 minutesI went through this at a steady pace.There were a good variety of clues, with quite a few straightforward ones for us beginners to get cracking with. I found 13D difficult but … Read more “23,492 – still trying, still learning”

Solving time : 1h 12mNot a bad start to the year. I spent an hour on this and had completed most but the SW corner. Came back after a short break and it all fell … Read more “23,486 – and a Happy New Year to all”