This one wasn’t easy but didn’t seem too bad by comparison with 23898, the previous Saturday’s beast. Luckily I knew the two long book titles and the saying at 7dn came readily to mind, but … Read more “Saturday Times – 23904”
Author: jackkt
23909 – Able was I…. to solve it again
A very lively puzzle that took me the best part of an hour to complete. I found it quirky but highly enjoyable and satisfying because everything seemed fair. I have (for once) no real quibbles … Read more “23909 – Able was I…. to solve it again”
23897 – Winding gently down for the weekend
I struck lucky with an easy one today and polished it off in about 20 minutes which is as good as things get for me. I can’t see there’s much that could cause others problems … Read more “23897 – Winding gently down for the weekend”
23885 – A bit more like it
This one took me about 40 minutes, the last 10 being spent in the SW corner where 12, 18d and 27 put up some resistance, but it was much more my level of puzzle than … Read more “23885 – A bit more like it”
Times 23873
Fairly straightforward today but still tricky enough in places with the NE corner (as yesterday) putting up most resistance. I expect to see some very quick times from the hares today. This tortoise managed it … Read more “Times 23873”
Times 23861 Tricky
This took me about an hour which was not good as I started very well and for a while thought I had drawn an easy day to blog but I became bogged down along the … Read more “Times 23861 Tricky”
23849 – Another scorpion
Time taken to solve: About 40 minutes, half of which was spent on 21 across. A very enjoyable puzzle with lots of clues that read really well. I thought I was in for a record … Read more “23849 – Another scorpion”
Times 23837 – Phew!
This took me a good hour but I probably spent longer working out the clues whilst solving than I normally would. There was some lovely stuff along the way and only a couple of queries or … Read more “Times 23837 – Phew!”
23825 CHAR-CHAR-ARCH!
Time taken to solve: A little over 30 mins. I found this mostly straightforward but uninspiring after some rather exceptional puzzles earlier in the week Across 1 PAC(IF)Y 4 EPI(DEM,1)C – (1,MED) rev. that is, held … Read more “23825 CHAR-CHAR-ARCH!”
23813 Hammered again! (well not quite)
Oh dear! Another difficult one for me today and I suspect that Peter and some others may have finished before I had even put my first word in as that took me at least 5 minutes. Having … Read more “23813 Hammered again! (well not quite)”