Solving Time: My clever spreadsheet tells me that this is monthly crossword 20140, the last cryptic I blogged (as I write this, at the beginning of May) was 25140, and this is my blog no…. … Read more “Club Monthly 20140 May 2012 – Language lessons again”
Author: JerryW
I love The Times crosswords..
Times Crossword 25,164 – Pun City
Solving Time: We won’t talk about that, since this is the third and final qualifying puzzle for this year’s Times Crossword Championship.. suffice it to say that like the other two, this was not a … Read more “Times Crossword 25,164 – Pun City”
Times Crossword 15,832 – easy anagrams..
Solving Time: I must say I found this quite easy, 14 minutes in all. Here we go with yet another (and hopefully, the last) double header. I will publish the other blog on 24 May, … Read more “Times Crossword 15,832 – easy anagrams..”
Times Crossword 25,152
Solving Time: 18 mins which makes it about average difficulty. I am slowly learning not to make snap judgements about these crosswords that I may later regret. This one certainly had its share of cliches … Read more “Times Crossword 25,152”
Times Crossword 25,140 – 2012 Championship second qualifier
Solving Time: Not quite as simple as the first qualifier, but very nearly so. We are far too well bred to discuss times here please, for these qualifying puzzles. All I would say is that … Read more “Times Crossword 25,140 – 2012 Championship second qualifier”
Times Crossword 16,410 – Printer’s Inadvertent Devilry?
Solving Time: just under 28 minutes, but not a hard puzzle. It would have been less, but I had trouble in the NW corner, mainly caused by writing two wrong answers for 4dn. This crossword … Read more “Times Crossword 16,410 – Printer’s Inadvertent Devilry?”
Times Crossword 25,128 – Theobromine, anyone?
Solving Time: 28mins, longer than usual given the usual blogger’s adrenalin rush, the SE corner in particular taking time to complete. I suspect this was a harder than average crossword, judging by the number of … Read more “Times Crossword 25,128 – Theobromine, anyone?”
Club Monthly 20138 March 2012 – Morbidezza, anyone?
Solving Time: c45 minutes, faster than usual for me When I solved this I thought that the setter was on good form, and that I was too.. But the crossword website tells me I got … Read more “Club Monthly 20138 March 2012 – Morbidezza, anyone?”
Times Crossword 25,116 Championship Qualifier – second blog of the day!
Solving Time: This puzzle was published on 21st March, the solution today. I’m not sure how acceptable it is to discuss times, for a championship qualifier? I wouldn’t want to put off (or worse, psyche … Read more “Times Crossword 25,116 Championship Qualifier – second blog of the day!”
Times Crossword 13,030 – A Blast from the Past!
Solving Time: About 25 minutes, including recovery from shock.. An interesting puzzle this, begging the question: “How does it differ from today’s efforts?” For me the main differences seemed to be two tricky quotations, a … Read more “Times Crossword 13,030 – A Blast from the Past!”