This took me an hour with most of the lower half completed in 15 minutes. I don’t know why I found the top half so difficult. I certainly thought this the most difficult of the … Read more “Times 24065 – Solver’s Block”
Author: jackkt
24053 – Apparently so…..
My time taken to solve was off the specially extended scale! I knew I’d get one like this today after the run of quite easy ones recently. Many of the clues were difficult yet fair, … Read more “24053 – Apparently so…..”
24041 Infuriating
Time taken to solve: An hour before I resorted to help on 15ac to kickstart the SE corner where I was well and truly stuck. Then it took me another 10 minutes. I found this … Read more “24041 Infuriating”
24029 – Should have done better
Time taken to solve: 50 minutes. I was disappointed about this because I started very confidently, filling in most of the NW corner on first reading, and the NE came together quickly too. But I became … Read more “24029 – Should have done better”
24017 – Quirky
Time taken to solve: Don’t ask! I got off to a flying start in the NW corner and thought it was going to be an enjoyable if quirky ride; just the sort of puzzle I … Read more “24017 – Quirky”
Times 24005
This took me a good hour, so that’s three consective quite difficult days for me and yet again I was very slow getting started. An enjoyable puzzle but nothing special. For a long time I … Read more “Times 24005”
23993 – Beast!
Time taken to solve? I’m not saying, but it was off the scale. I can’t say I enjoyed this much. After an hour I had completed little more than half so I resorted to books … Read more “23993 – Beast!”
23981
My solving time was about an hour. This was more my sort of puzzle than yesterday’s as I got onto the setter’s wavelengh quite quickly and made good progress. The hold up at the end … Read more “23981”
23969 – Wakey, Wakey!!!!!!
This was another puzzle of two halves. The LH side went in at record pace (for me) at little more than 5 minutes, but most of the RH side caused problems and took 40 minutes or so … Read more “23969 – Wakey, Wakey!!!!!!”
Times 23957
About 45 minutes to solve this one. I quite enjoyed it but when I came to write it up it occurred to me that much of it is rather unsatisfying and there is very little to … Read more “Times 23957”