Author: JerryW

Solving Time: 24 minutes; about average for a blogging day. When I typed the result into the club website to check it was all correct, I was surprised to find myself in first place, the … Read more “Times Crossword 25,822 – What the Dickens?”

Solving Time: Let us just say, this was very easy. I had intended to give the clues as well as the answers, but all I have access to is a .pdf emailed me by a … Read more “Times Crossword 25,810 – Third Championship Qualifier”

Solving Time: About 25 minutes, plus extra time puzzling over 29ac. Overall I think this crossword could pass as today’s, if you see what I mean. I would have solved it the first time round, … Read more “Times Crossword June 11 2014 – Vintage Edition 30385”

Solving Time: 16 minutes, so pretty fast for me for a blogging day, albeit with one or two not yet parsed. Still I was pleased. I suspect there may be some fairly quick times today, … Read more “Times Crossword 25,798 – pick any one from two…”

Solving Time: About 15 minutes for this – it is not hard, as we have come to expect from a qualifier. However, I found it a very entertaining crossword, well produced and with some exceptionally … Read more “Times Crossword 25,786 – Second Championship Qualifier”

Solving Time: After the debacle with the 1961 effort last month, it was a relief to move into the 1970s today and a crossword much more to my taste. I rattled through it all in … Read more “Times Crossword 30176 – What a difference a decade makes..”

Solving Time: 22 minutes, plus a few to check some parsings. About average for a blooging day, but I was slow to get started and it didn’t feel easy. I’m pleased with the time, in … Read more “Times Crossword 25,774 – Steamy Edition”

Solving Time: Apparently there is a tradition that we do not state times for completing qualifiers, as it might be either seen as boasting or off-putting, depending presumably on the time. (query: doesn’t that go … Read more “Times Crossword 25,762 – First Championship Qualifier”

OK, well, I got about two thirds of this done, all the top half and the odd clue (and golly, some of them are very odd) in the bottom half. I now have a completed … Read more “Times Cryptic 31961 – Thank Heavens for Ximenes…”