Author: JerryW

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”

Solving Time: Under 40mins, which may actually be a pb, though I no don’t care much about such things .. at my age, simple completion is miracle enough :-), and speed is overrated anyway. Enjoyment, … Read more “Club Monthly 20196 January 2017”

Solving Time: Well I don’t remember it being difficult .. at the time of writing there are 47 correct entries, which seems a trifle on the low side.. but 14 with one error, including a … Read more “Club Monthly 20195 December 2016”

Solving Time: This took me a little over an hour in two sessions, so a bit longer than usual, for no obvious reason that I can see. For the second consecutive month the mighty Magoo … Read more “October 2016 Club Monthly Special – 20193”

Solving Time: No time, because I solved this while on holiday in the Preseli Hills in darkest Wales, and the original piece of paper with my notes on it is now lost. However, it did … Read more “Club Monthly 20190 – July 2016”

.. and it’s only 8 letters short of being a quadruple pangram. So, still something to aim for then 🙂I am not very good at spotting pangrams, ninas etc., but even I think a triple … Read more “Club Monthly 20188: World’s First Triple Pangram?”

This blog was compiled on my lovely new Surface Pro 4 tablet/laptop thingy, sitting outside in the Kent sunshine with a nice glass of red; so, apologies in advance for any typos or (more likely) … Read more “Club Monthly 20187 – April 2016”

Reasonably straightforward this month. 6dn a little complex to parse for a 4 letter word, which however is in Chambers, ODO, Collins etc. Sorry the blog is a little on the terse side, do ask … Read more “Club Monthly 20186 March 2016”

Solving Time: As quite often happens I found this easy to start but hard to finish, with several knotty ones, one of which (8dn) is still not satisfactorily parsed. All good stuff but one of … Read more “Club Monthly 20185 February 2016 – comment?”