Author: kororareka

Solving Time: 28 minutes Another easy one with the odd bit of obscure vocabulary, some sport and a South Australian antelope. It seemed like more than the usual amount of inversion was going on, together … Read more “Times 24772 – Topsy-Turvy”

Solving Time: 26 minutes Even though I wasn’t in top form (much like a certain Scottish tennis player on whom I wasted way too much emotional energy last night) most clues fell at first sight, … Read more “Times 24760 – I am the walrus”

Solving Time: 19 minutes I should have put the stopwatch on this one, which I would say was very easy by anyone’s standards but enjoyable none the less or possibly for that reason. As time … Read more “Times 24748 – Plenty of reprises”

Today we welcome a new blogger, who has graciously volunteered to take over Peter’s Wednesday slot. There’s been a minor glitch in the system, so I’m (kororareka) posting on his behalf today. Without further adieu, … Read more “Times 24738 – Head on the block”

Solving time: 45 mins After penning 2d in with a flourish while the ink was still warm, I came to a sudden halt. After another 5 minutes, I thought of moving on from the NW … Read more “Times 24736 – Grr ratzen fratzen”

Solving Time: 21 minutes An early Christmas present for all solvers today with what could be the easiest puzzle this year, if my time is anything to go by. Just as well, as there are … Read more “Times 24725 – Australians all let us rejoice”

Solving Time: 40 minutes There’s nothing like a week at a statistics conference to completely anaesthetise the few brain cells I possess which remain active, so maybe it’s just me, but this was by no … Read more “Times 24719 – Tinker’s Belle?”

Solving Time: 75 minutes Quelle catastrophe! (as Becket’s wife said when informed her husband had won the Nobel prize for literature). Not only couldn’t I find the right wavelength, it took me at least a … Read more “Times 24701 – Holy Shmoly!”

Solving Time: 25 minutes I picked a good day to swap blogs (apologies in advance if next Monday’s is a stinker, vinyl1, but them’s the breaks). Rapid progress was only halted by three clues, all … Read more “Times 24683 – Normal service has been resumed”