We have a blogging problem or three – Dave Perry, who does every other Friday, every Sunday, and one in five Jumbos – has had a stroke and will be out of action for the … Read more “Hard Times (geddit?)”
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Sunday Times 4586 and Dave Perry
Bad news I’m afraid. Dave emailed me yesterday to inform me he’s had a stroke, so will obviously be unavailable for blogging duties until further notice. I had intended to do his Sunday Times blog … Read more “Sunday Times 4586 and Dave Perry”
Saturday Times 25765 (19th April)
Solving time 14:05, so I found it much easier than the previous week’s one, although a lot of people commented on how tricky this one was (and the leaderboard tends to back them up). Good … Read more “Saturday Times 25765 (19th April)”
Saturday Times 25759 (12th April)
Struggled with this one in 21:05, but I don’t know why. Looking at the times of some others in the Stats it should have been much easier than that. Maybe I’m just getting run down … Read more “Saturday Times 25759 (12th April)”
Saturday Times 25753 (5th April)
Solving time 16:15, which rang a bell, and yes it was indeed exactly the same time as last week’s, to the second. Apologies that this is brief but I’m writing this on Friday morning (before … Read more “Saturday Times 25753 (5th April)”
Blogging Schedule
On the right hand menu there’s now a new link to our Google Blogging Calendar. This is now up-to-date (at least until the Easter Bank Holiday puzzles put the Jumbo sequence out again!) and complete. … Read more “Blogging Schedule”
Saturday Times 25747 (29th March)
Solving time 16:15, so about average difficulty for a Saturday. No GK required really and no difficult vocab either. One clue I’m not sure I’ve parsed correctly (22d) and one with the becoming-too-frequent leftover editorial … Read more “Saturday Times 25747 (29th March)”
Saturday Times 25741 (22nd March) – blasts from the past!
Solving time 14:25. It’s always very helpful to have the perimeter lined with 14-letter entries, and I was able to put all four in pretty quickly. Not a puzzle for youngsters though – a few … Read more “Saturday Times 25741 (22nd March) – blasts from the past!”
Quick Cryptic Week 3
The Quick Cryptic blogs seem to have brought a new life to this community – not that we were struggling but we’ve seen a new influx of bloggers and commenters as a result, which has … Read more “Quick Cryptic Week 3”
Saturday Times 25735 (15th March)
No time recorded for this one as I just picked at it during odd moments while I was working from home on Monday. Pretty tough puzzle though, so doubt if I’d have come much under … Read more “Saturday Times 25735 (15th March)”