Author: glh

Solving time : 20 minutes, looked like I was in for a pretty slick solve and then crawled to a halt with three to go – 13, and 15 down and 25 across. All of … Read more “Times 24446: A quid for your Turkish port”

Solving time : Well, after 14 minutes I’ve banged the only word I can think of that makes sense with the definition into 1 across. So I may be right or I may be wrong … Read more “Times 24434”

Solving time : 18 minutes with an embarrassingly long 5 of them on 6 down alone. I really enjoyed this crossword – while not too difficult, there was some really nifty wordplay, and a lot … Read more “Times 24422: so much for this decade…”

Solving time : 32 minutes, but a few interruptions. Not having a great brain day, because in hindsight, there’s not a lot that should be too difficult here but I made heavy weather of it. … Read more “Times 24411: homophony!”

Solving time : Grrr – you know how it is, you get the crossword printed, you’re settled up nice and comfy on a cold wet night, you get about two thirds of the way through … Read more “Times 24399 – for relief”

Solving time : could not do this in one session. After about 15 minutes, had to put it down, get a few other errands done, and came back a few hours later, saw one or … Read more “Times 24387 – Do, do, do the funky historian”

Solving time : 11 minutes – after disasters on Monday and Tuesday from not knowing obscure references, this was much more along my wavelength. I made a few bungling guesses originally (particularly putting FISHING at … Read more “Times 24375: – the day the hussy mis-stepped”