Solving Time: 26 minutes.. so a bit harder than average but not unduly so. As we saw yesterday it can be hard to judge a crossword mid-blog, as it were.. but I thought this a … Read more “Times Crossword 25,726 – tutti-frutti?”
Author: JerryW
I love The Times crosswords..
Club Monthly 20161 February 2014 – All’s Well that Ends Well
Solving Time: Well I am in a little difficulty here, since I printed it out as usual on 1st Feb, solved it, put it to one side pending writing the blog, and I haven’t seen … Read more “Club Monthly 20161 February 2014 – All’s Well that Ends Well”
Times Crossword 25,714 – somewhere in Europe
Solving Time: 26 minutes. Having got 1ac and 1dn while the crossword was coming off the printer, I thought I was in for an easy one for once, but it was not to be. I … Read more “Times Crossword 25,714 – somewhere in Europe”
Times Crossword 25,702 – sporting no undies?
Solving Time: 24 minutes, once again with one wrong, this time a simple typo. I solve on paper and then tend to be a bit 8dn filling in the online grid, leaving me 27ac when … Read more “Times Crossword 25,702 – sporting no undies?”
Club Monthly 20148 January 2014 – spot the error
Solving Time: 44 minutes and I was very pleased with that; it is quick for me, and by some quirk of chance I actually knew most of the answers, such as 2dn which has been … Read more “Club Monthly 20148 January 2014 – spot the error”
Times Crossword 25,690 – S or Z?
Solving Time: I breezed through this comfortably in 22 minutes, but on blithely typing and submitting it, was taken aback to be told I had two errors. I do hate it when that happens. What … Read more “Times Crossword 25,690 – S or Z?”
Times Crossword 25,678 – A Geography Lesson
Solving Time: 33 minutes.. I started off like a rocket, and was set for a quick time but got held up first in the SW corner and then worse, having stupidly put SCARPER for 2dn … Read more “Times Crossword 25,678 – A Geography Lesson”
The Times Christmas Day Crossword 2512 (perhaps a significant number? ;-)
Solving Time: 18 mins. So, here we are on Christmas Day 2013, which is Isaac Newton’s 371st birthday, Humphrey Bogart’s 114th, and Alastair Cook’s 29th. I found this a very entertaining crossword with some excellent … Read more “The Times Christmas Day Crossword 2512 (perhaps a significant number? ;-)”
Times Crossword 25,655 – Skegness? Not this time..
Solving Time: About 20 minutes, roughly average for a blogging day though it felt quicker. The need to parse everything slows you down a bit. Overall I thought this was good clean fun, not particularly … Read more “Times Crossword 25,655 – Skegness? Not this time..”
Times Crossword 25,649 – Statistics Show…
Solving Time: Just under 30 minutes, so somewhat harder than average, but with several of those minutes spent on 28dn. Also I have several not fully parsed and one error, which I suspect might in … Read more “Times Crossword 25,649 – Statistics Show…”