Author: kororareka

Solving time: 105 mins As I write this I’m sitting high above Augusta on the Leeuwin ridge with a goodly part of South West Australia and the Southern Ocean stretched out before me. Wedge Tail … Read more “Times 24414 – Season’s Greetings from Augusta”

Solving time: 55mins An ecclesiastical garment, a church cranny, a book of the bible, a plant and the odd city or two; what more could one wish for on a Monday morning? Being unable to … Read more “Times 24402 – When the going gets tough…”

Solving time: 50mins It’s been a long time since I put so many answers in on trust; this crossword exposing numerous gaps in my knowledge. When solving there seemed to be a preponderance of anagrams … Read more “Times 24390 – What do you call a man …?”

Solving time: 32mins A curious solving experience, with many clues apparently intractable at first glance eventually proving to be just extremely well and divertingly constructed when a few checking letters finally became available. I was … Read more “Times 24378 – In which I Begin to See the Light”

Solving time: 35mins I would have been about 10 minutes faster had it not been for the NE corner, which I found to be the only tricky bit, despite a number of things which were … Read more “Times 24366 – “…fast women, slow horses, unreliable sources…””

Solving time: 40mins A curious mix of the easy, the should have been easy and the impossible; much like life itself. Whilst checking up on Horus, a theme began to emerge. I’ve no idea what … Read more “Times 24354 – Wooden Blinds”

Solving time: 50 mins This was blogged in extenuating circumstances, solved online, with a wireless internet “connection” which remained so only when not required to find a site. I’m on a short break in remote … Read more “Times 24342 – Greetings from the Midlands”

Solving time: 32mins I found this a fairly straightforward solve, from STILE to NANETTE, with only a few holdups, one new word and, er, one revision. Across 1 I + MP + AS TO giving … Read more “Times 24330 – A Bit Wobbly?”

Solving time: 33mins Apart from the Latin, and a few things which I didn’t know but sounded as if they had to be right, this was a gentle beginning to the week, befitting the holiday … Read more “Times 24318 – If I only had the Latin”

Solving time: 1 hour I found this difficult to get any purchase on. First in was the unlikely Leicester and last Berliner. I all but completed the left half before making any head way on … Read more “Times 24294 – Ich bin ein Schüler”