Solving Time: 26 minutes for this, mainly because having made steady if unspectacular progress, I got quite stuck at the end, on 1ac, 7dn and 4dn. All perfectly good clues, just me being slow I … Read more “Times Crossword 25,918 – Solid as a”
Author: JerryW
I love The Times crosswords..
Times Quick Cryptic 150, by Oran
Here I am again, deputising for Pip Kirby. I found this quite hard! I reckon it took me nine or ten minutes, and there is hardly a clue here that is not up to full … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 150, by Oran”
Times Crossword 25,906 – DIY Time!
Solving Time: 20 minutes, which surprised me a bit since I thought this would be much harder than it turned out to be. My first thought was oh, great.. just my luck to get a … Read more “Times Crossword 25,906 – DIY Time!”
Quick Cryptic 148 by Orpheus
Something of a departure for me, as I don’t normally complete or blog the quick cryptics, but I am deputising this week for Pip Kirby.I found this crossword pretty straightforward, with the exception of 6dn, … Read more “Quick Cryptic 148 by Orpheus”
Club Monthly 20168 – September 2014
Well, this took me about the usual (for me) amount of time, ie somewhat in excess of an hour, in two sessions. However I think this one might be a bit easier than some, to … Read more “Club Monthly 20168 – September 2014”
Club Monthly 20167 – August 2014
Solving Time – You know, I think I might give up quoting solving times for the Club Monthly. They are not as relevant as they are for the daily cryptic, and lately I have developed … Read more “Club Monthly 20167 – August 2014”
Times Crossword 25,870
Solving Time: Just over 22 minutes. An easy start but it took me a while to mop up the last few, down the rhs. Then copying it into the club website I found I had … Read more “Times Crossword 25,870”
Times Crossword 25,858 – a stairway to heaven
Solving Time: 16 minutes, so a little on the easier side of average for me. Though having said that, there are one or two I couldn’t parse so let us see if they become clear … Read more “Times Crossword 25,858 – a stairway to heaven”
Club Monthly 20166 July 2014 – misplaced Capitals edition
Solving Time: Well, this took me quite a long time.. dunno really, but might have been as much as two hours by the time it was all parsed and put to bed. However I followed … Read more “Club Monthly 20166 July 2014 – misplaced Capitals edition”
Times Crossword 25,846 – 23 July 2014
Solving Time: 32 minutes. I found this rather hard, partly because of some stretching vocab (eg 8, 13, 14dn) and some rather convoluted wordplay. These aren’t criticisms though, I enjoyed it very much A somewhat … Read more “Times Crossword 25,846 – 23 July 2014”