Author: JerryW

Solving Time: As quite often happens I found this easy to start but hard to finish, with several knotty ones, one of which (8dn) is still not satisfactorily parsed. All good stuff but one of … Read more “Club Monthly 20185 February 2016 – comment?”

I was getting a bit punch-drunk when this appeared on Jan 1st, having not only a jumbo appearing the same day, but a regular succession of them all over the Christmas period, as well as … Read more “Club Monthly 20184 January 2016”

I thought this blog might be a little bit late this month, but the competition entries close at midnight on the last Thursday of the month – which this month apparently means the exact moment … Read more “Club Monthly 20183 December 2015”

This was much harder than last month’s! I did have most of it done after an hour, but mopping up the odd bits might have taken nearly as long again. I had trouble pinning down … Read more “Club Monthly 20182 – November 2015”

Solving Time: About 40 minutes in only one session, which is unusually fast for me. I infer that this is an easier example than most in recent months. I notice that  at the time of … Read more “Club Monthly 20181 October 2015 – moscatel, malaga, zibibbo, zihibbo”

First of all many thanks to Dorset Jimbo, for kindly standing in for me for the July and August crosswords. Unfortunately I can’t look at his blogs, until I have cleared away my crossword backlog … Read more “Club Monthly 20180 September 2015”

About 40 minutes in one session, so unusually quick for me and thus another one on the easier side. I felt helped by having heard of quite a lot of the required words, or at … Read more “Club Monthly 20177 June 2015 – Pyrenees Edition”

Solving Time: About 40 minutes, quicker than average for me, greatly helped by knowing more than the usual number of words this time. Once again a highly enjoyable solve – I hope the setter enjoys … Read more “Club Monthly 20176 May 2015 – Mediterranean Edition”

Middle of the range, this one, under the hour but not by much. Lots of good stuff as usual, my favourite moment of the month. Unfortunately however I can’t parse 24ac properly, can you? cd … Read more “April 2015 Club Monthly 20175”