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”
Author: JerryW
I love The Times crosswords..
Times Crossword 25,367 – Homophony
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”
Club Monthly 20147 December 2012 – Homage to Jack Vance
Solving Time: About 45 minutes in two sessions, so definitely on the easier side, as the Crossword Club statistics seem to confirm (66 correct answers at time of writing) – but still no pushover! Unless … Read more “Club Monthly 20147 December 2012 – Homage to Jack Vance”
Times Crossword 21,522 26 Dec 2012 – remembering the Sydney Olympics
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”
Times Crossword 25,355 – are you getting your Five A Day?
Solving Time: 22 minutes, which seems to be about average for me at present. Fairly straightforward stuff, helped by an easy 1ac and 2dn. The only unknown for me was the French writer (as usual) … Read more “Times Crossword 25,355 – are you getting your Five A Day?”
Times Crossword 25,344 – an explosive event
Solving Time: 26 minutes, about average for my blog efforts. I suspect this may be on the harder side rather than the easier. It calls for some general knowledge (quite right too), a wee bit … Read more “Times Crossword 25,344 – an explosive event”
Club Monthly 20146 November 2012 – A tour de force
Solving Time: About 1hr 15mins in two sessions. This crossword struck me as unusually good even for a Club Monthly, which is saying something. It is also a pangram. It has a lot of elegant … Read more “Club Monthly 20146 November 2012 – A tour de force”
Times Crossword 25,332 – 2012 Championships, hail & farewell
Solving Time: Well, I solved it on the day, over a month ago now, and can’t remember how long it took but doing the blog now, it seems reasonably straightforward. My answer sheet is completely … Read more “Times Crossword 25,332 – 2012 Championships, hail & farewell”
Times Crossword 25,320 – Championship Class
This is the first puzzle from the second preliminary round of the Championships. It took me about 25 minutes, on the train going home, but I don’t think it is a hard crossword. It has … Read more “Times Crossword 25,320 – Championship Class”
Times Crossword 25,308 – Marine Life edition
Solving Time: This is the second of the puzzles in the first preliminary round of the 2012 Championships. I solved it on the day in about 20 mins, but in such a rush and with … Read more “Times Crossword 25,308 – Marine Life edition”