Solving Time: Not recorded, but this felt about averagely hard. I notice that Jason J (second in the recent Championships) completed it in 21 mins 18secs, whereas the winner took 31mins. Remarkable. The crossword itself … Read more “Club Monthly 20145 October 2012 – Creative Edition”
Author: JerryW
I love The Times crosswords..
Times Crossword 25,302 – Championship Class
Solving Time: This is crossword no. 1 from the first preliminary last Saturday. I solved it (as a spectator) on the day in about 20 minutes. It struck me at the time as slightly more … Read more “Times Crossword 25,302 – Championship Class”
Times Crossword 25,284 by Jupiter
Solving Time: a shade under 29 minutes. I found this a little harder than average, with a number of quite tricky clues. Overall I thought the quality of the clues a bit uneven, but some … Read more “Times Crossword 25,284 by Jupiter”
Club Monthly 20144 September 2012 – Must Try Harder (the blogger, that is)
Solving Time: this took me quite a while, almost two hours in fact, though half of that was spent in mopping up the last half-dozen clues. To my intense irritation, I find I have one … Read more “Club Monthly 20144 September 2012 – Must Try Harder (the blogger, that is)”
Times Crossword 25,272 – time for a nice cup of tea?
Solving Time: About 35 minutes but I felt sluggish; I don’t think this really is a terribly difficult crossword. It is well-crafted though, and I much enjoyed it. it has some very slick surface readings. … Read more “Times Crossword 25,272 – time for a nice cup of tea?”
Times Crossword 25,265 – emergency blog
Solving Time: About 14 minutes, so average or maybe a bit easier. Still I enjoyed it, and it will no doubt be a relief to those sensitive souls still recovering from the rigours of the … Read more “Times Crossword 25,265 – emergency blog”
Times Crossword 25,260 – Grrrls Just Wanna Have Fun
Solving Time: About 40 minutes in all, which makes it significantly harder than average, for me at least. 1ac & 1dn went straight in and I polished off the top half in fine style but … Read more “Times Crossword 25,260 – Grrrls Just Wanna Have Fun”
Club Monthly 20143 August 2012 – Who can’t spell their own name?
Solving Time: About 1hr 10m, though I’m usually in no great hurry. Most annoyingly however, the Crossword Club website claims I have one wrong. I see no typos; maybe doing the blog will uncover the … Read more “Club Monthly 20143 August 2012 – Who can’t spell their own name?”
Times Crossword 25,248 – Not the Browning Version or the Winslow Boy..
Solving Time: Well, this took me 38 minutes, longer than average even for the midnight run. Part of the problem was my ignorance of Rattigan’s plays.. 1ac and 1dn both took time to find so … Read more “Times Crossword 25,248 – Not the Browning Version or the Winslow Boy..”
Times Crossword 25,236 – Zen in the Art of Trainspotting
Solving Time: 25 minutes, about average for one of my blogging crosswords, but it felt fairly hard to me, with some quite tricky clues. Also one or two chestnuts, but overall a fair test, I … Read more “Times Crossword 25,236 – Zen in the Art of Trainspotting”