Author: JerryW

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?”

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”

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? ;-)”

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..”

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…”

I’m out partying this evening, so I fervently hope that this is the last of the Championship puzzles, the third from the second preliminary, as I will be in no great shape to start from … Read more “Times Crossword 25,643 – the end of the beginning..”

… at least I hope it is, since I am writing this blog up in advance, having done the crossword on the day. I did complete all the three crosswords in Prelim. 1 (as a … Read more “Times Crossword 25,619 – Championship First Preliminary, Second Crossword”