Author: JerryW

Solving Time: 24 minutes, about average for me on a blogging day, though I think this is definitely harder than some recent efforts, eg yesterday. I enjoyed it a lot and thought it had some … Read more “Times Crossword 25,427 – elementary, or fundamentally difficult?”

Solving Time: 24 minutes, so harder than average. I put in several answers on a wing and a prayer rather, and was relieved to find them all correct. I think there are a number of … Read more “Times Crossword 25,415 – Tricky”

Solving Time: About 15 minutes, a little faster than average for a blogging day. There are one or two tricky clues, but otherwise I don’t think there is much to detain the quicker solver for … Read more “Times Crossword 25,403, 20 February 2013”

Solving Time: About 40 minutes, but I’m not feeling good today having done something painful to my back. You only discover just how many activities involve bending, when you no longer can. The crossword did … Read more “Times Crossword 25,391”

Solving Time: just over 21 minutes. It felt a relative canter compared to yesterday’s, but there are some tricky clues, and some very elegant ones.. I have three clues with wordplay currently unaccounted for, but … Read more “Times Crossword 25,379 – not spam-free, but homophone-free”

Solving Time: about 20 minutes, in other words about averagely hard. I thought it a pleasant, well constructed crossword, with some clever cluing – a model Times cryptic. Unfortunately I managed to include a typo … Read more “Times Crossword 25,367 – Homophony”

Solving Time: About 25 minutes, but the last five spent on 20dn. This is one of the four “Vintage Olympic cryptic puzzles” printed on the Crossword Club website today, and my second blog of the … Read more “Times Crossword 21,522 26 Dec 2012 – remembering the Sydney Olympics”