Author: foggyweb

This is later than I had hoped. I am currently in a rotten mood. A normally one-and-a-half hour car journey took four hours. Then I arrived home to find part of my lounge flooded. I … Read more “24067 – Right then”

Solving time: didn’t look at the clock, but guessing around 40 minutes. Not too bad a start to the week. Got quite a few on first read and I don’t think there were any new … Read more “24061”

Solving time: 24 minutes That was good fun – lots of good clues and nothing too tricky. A few words I didn’t know, but the wordplay was always very helpful.I don’t expect many complaints about … Read more “24055”

Solving time: 56 minutes I made heavy weather of this, pencilling part answers in left, right and center only to find they were totally wrong! Quite a few new words for me – and a … Read more “24049”

Solving time: 28 minutes I found this quite straightforward. SYBARITISM and EDENTATE were new to me but both were gettable by the wordplay. I also didn’t know the abbreviation sc. SCREECH OWL was vaguely familiar, … Read more “The Times Cryptic Crossword Number: 24043”

Solving time: 42 minutes Quite a few new words today. There are a couple where I am not sure about the wordplay. Normally I get them just after hitting POST, but any help is welcome. … Read more “Oct. 6th, 2008”

Solving time : 15 minutesI think this is the quickest ever solve for me. I am posting later than I intended to and don’t have much to add to the many comments already posted. I … Read more “Times 24031”

Solving time: 39 minutes After some pain at the end of last week, this seems ok. I thought there were some really fun clues and interesting wordplay. 1A and 5A were first in; 10A and … Read more “Times 24025”

Solving time: 26 minutes I thought this was going to be a real difficult one on first read through. I got only two of the across clues straight away (SUPERIOR and LONESOME). Fortunately the down … Read more “Times 24019”

I had trouble logging onto the club site today, but found the crossword here:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/crosswords/printOnly/1,,,00.html?linkName=&linkType=&crosswordID=&day=8&month=9&year=2008&type=1 Time: Not sure, but over an hour.I found this particularly hard to get into. The bottom half wasn’t too bad but … Read more “Times Crossword 24013”