Author: JerryW

So .. welcome to my last scheduled blog. My first Club Monthly blog was no. 20110, for November 2009, and I’ve done all those since I think, bar two that I swapped for Mephisto blogs, … Read more “Club Monthly 20207 – December 2017, and Good Night.”

Just over forty minutes for this, in two sessions, so a little easier than average for me. Entertaining as always, and although there is the usual high number of classical and archaic references, there are … Read more “Club Monthly 20206 – November 2017”

Solving Time: An hour, over two sessions. Roughly average for me and this crossword seemed to be about medium difficulty .. now that I have no statistics or leaderboard to consult, it is hard to … Read more “Times Monthly Club Special 20204 – September 2017”

Solving Time: For some reason I found this more straightforward than usual, about 40 mins, in one session. I have no idea whether I was in good form or others have found the same thing, … Read more “Club Monthly 20203 August 2017. Out with the old..”

Solving Time: Perhaps an hour and a half, in two leisurely sessions. I didn’t find this particularly hard, but I was struck by the high quality cluing and some lovely surface readings. Some solvers say … Read more “Club Monthly 20202 July 2017 – Best one yet?”

I found this crossword a meaty challenge, considerably more difficult than some recent months, and got quite bogged down with the bottom half. Putting it aside for a day helped me get going again. I … Read more “Club Monthly 20201 – June 2017. A crossword for Kolboynicks?”

Solving Time: Well the good news is that this is well up to the usual high standard, and it took me about the usual length of time, around the 50 minute mark in two sessions. … Read more “Club Monthly 20200 May 2017 – failed again..”

I found this difficult, more so than the past several months. It appears from the Forum that I was not the only one, though the two Usual Suspects both managed it in under 30 minutes, … Read more “Club Monthly 20198 March 2017 – Harder than your average crossword..”

Solving Time: 40 minutes, quick for me once again this month though my efforts to parse 16dn seem unconvincing so far.. otherwise the usual very high quality stuff we have come to expect from the … Read more “Club Monthly 20197 February 2017”