Solving Time: Well, not entirely sure, if I’m honest, as I failed to write down a time and as usual have left doing the blog until now.. However this did not feel particularly difficult, of … Read more “Club Monthly 20164 May 2014 – lexicographic delight”
Author: JerryW
I love The Times crosswords..
Times Crossword 25,798 – pick any one from two…
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…”
Times Crossword 25,786 – Second Championship Qualifier
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”
Times Crossword 30176 – What a difference a decade makes..
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..”
Times Crossword 25,774 – Steamy Edition
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”
Times Crossword 25,762 – First Championship Qualifier
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”
Times Cryptic 31961 – Thank Heavens for Ximenes…
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…”
Times Crossword 25,750 – Et in Gallifrey ego
Solving Time: 22 minutes; about average difficulty. Some very neat clues though I thought, and no real quibbles. Apologies if the blog is a little sketchy; I’m off on an early ferry to France today … Read more “Times Crossword 25,750 – Et in Gallifrey ego”
Club Monthly 20162 March 2014 – ferrets & ducks
Solving Time: I didn’t find this hard, c44 minutes in all in two sessions. It is up to the usual high standard with no real quibbles cd = cryptic definition, dd = double definition, rev … Read more “Club Monthly 20162 March 2014 – ferrets & ducks”
Times Crossword 25,738 – a Brazilian coin treat
Solving Time: 17 minutes for a fairly gentle crossword with few obscurities. Well none at all, really, apart perhaps from naseberries. Another good showing for technology, with octals and ergs and rhombs.. cd = cryptic … Read more “Times Crossword 25,738 – a Brazilian coin treat”