Author: foggyweb

I did about half last night and finished this morning – probably about an hour altogether. It seemed pretty difficult last night, but not too bad this morning.There are some interesting clues and a few … Read more “23821 – You Ain’t Going Nowhere”

Solving time: 37minutes Quite enjoyable, with nothing too tricky to solve. I didn’t need to look up anything today, during or after, which is always satisfying. I expect some of Peter’s tutees had a good … Read more “Times 23815 – no fog”

Solving time: 25m40s A nice gentle start to the week after some of the monsters last week. Nothing particularly held me up – I checked WELT and ELIAN after solving, although I was reasonably sure … Read more “23809 – Get Thy Bearings”

Solving time: 43m30sI don’t have much time this morning, so a very quick write-up follows. I haven’t checked everything, so feel free to correct any mistakes. Also there are a couple where I don’t understand … Read more “23803”

Solving time: 1 hour 9 minutes An enjoyable puzzle. I did most fairly quickly, but there were quite a few words I was pretty sure I didn’t know where I had to unravel the wordplay.Quite … Read more “23797 – Foggyweb’s thimble”

Solving time: 41 minutes Mostly ok – it took me a while to get going but then the answers came pretty steadily. I had to think hard to get the wordplay for a few of … Read more “23792 – My heart aches…”

Solving time: 49mins Some good fun today. I enjoyed seeing PING-PONG, SINGSONG, DING-DONG and KING KONG drop out. I think that’s the lot, although I did keep thinking of the recurring Lazytown song ‘Bing Bang … Read more “Times 23786 – Silly words that can mean anything”

Solving time: 17:21 I have been away for the past five weeks and only found the time to do one Times and two Independent crosswords during that time. I was therefore getting ready to make … Read more “23,780 – easy”

Solving time: 41 mins It felt pretty quick this morning. I got the two long ones straight away – it helps when that happens. There were a couple of bits I needed to look up … Read more “23744 – cold and hot”

Solving time: 50:24 A few unfamiliar words to ponder over. Some anagrams that came pretty quickly. Although I wrote in NEATEN and HANDICAP quite quickly, it took me a while to decipher the wordplay for … Read more “23738 – Ancient Rome”