Author: glh

Solving time : 18 minutes, and there’s the one patented “I’m not sure”, which I have since looked up in Chambers to find it fits the definition part, wordplay may come to me as I … Read more “Tunes 24686: in which a 13 may 23 for a 19, but after starting in 9, like a 10 before a 17, you 25.”

Solving time : 15 minutes, though I was a little distracted by the end of Game 5 of the American League Championship series (that’d be the baseballing, a cricket variant I’ve grown to like since … Read more “Times 24674 – going nowhere fast!”

Placeholder post – I got a last-minute gig tonight and may not be able to blog the crossword until the morning. If anyone can get in through the new system and complete the crossword, feel … Read more “24662 – a pre-emptive strike”

Solving time : 23 minutes, though I suspect I made a real meal out of this one – I didn’t get started until after midnight and rather confidently wrote in a bunch of what proved … Read more “Times 24650: 1 across, 5 across (I hope) and I 23 down for 21”

Solving time : well I got a phone call in the middle, so I didn’t get a good handle on it. I started at 7:35, finished at 8:06 (US Eastern time) and there was a … Read more “Times 24638: ye olde japananglais”

Solving time : 21 leisurely minutes. I’m in Boston right now, and was solving this at the bar over a pizza and a few pints of delicious Harpoon Pale Ale at Ducali’s. If I had … Read more “Times 24626: I’m having a tea party!”

Solving time : 34 minutes! Didn’t notice how much time had gone by, and maybe the problem was I’d only had two beers but I found this one an almighty struggle. A lot of small … Read more “Times 24614: a walk in the Jurassic park”