Solving time: 8:50 A fairly straightforward solve – not blindingly fast, but never seriously stuck. 14 and 17 both written without full wordplay understanding. Last in were 22 and 19. Across 1 POLY=college,AN,THUS=”in this way” … Read more “24631”
Author: petebiddlecombe
New home for Anax puzzles
Anax has started a new site for his puzzles – http://anaxcrosswords.wordpress.com/. He’s still getting to grips with the WordPress blogging service but there are already some puzzles to try, including a nice “crossword with no … Read more “New home for Anax puzzles”
24625 – doom and gloom dispelled by craftsmanship
Solving time: 10:37 A definite increase in difficulty since yesterday – rather than writing in the first two acrosses on first look and most of the intersecting downs, I had to wait until 10 across … Read more “24625 – doom and gloom dispelled by craftsmanship”
New Crossword Club site
As regular readers will know, I visited the News International offices in London yesterday to have a look at their new Crossword Club web-site. I’m not going to go into much detail because development versions … Read more “New Crossword Club site”
New Crossword club site
The following announcement appeared on the Times Crossword Club bulletin board page yesterday: We are pleased to let you know that we are working on a new and improved Crossword Club site for our members, … Read more “New Crossword club site”
24619 – Howdy, sailor
Solving time: 9:09 Most of this was pretty quick, but the NE corner put up a fight – my order for this: 6, 10, 8, 12, 5, 14, 4D. 11 and 1D went in without … Read more “24619 – Howdy, sailor”
Visit to News International
Next Monday, I’m visiting NI to discuss possible improvements to the crossword club site. If you have anything really new to suggest on this front, let me know here. If you don’t remember all the … Read more “Visit to News International”
Mephisto 2606
Thursday morning, and a puzzle normally available on the crossword club site at 9 pm on Saturday is still missing – so 4½ days late, and counting. A sharp-eyed commenter on Tony Sever’s RTC blog … Read more “Mephisto 2606”
24613
Solving time: 6:28 Another pretty easy puzzle with mild bits of general knowledge required if you want to get to the end quickly. I wrote in 1, 12, 15, and 28 without working out the … Read more “24613”
Mephisto 2605 – Mike Laws
Solving time: 24:27, without Chambers, except to confirm that NU was right as my best punt on the the “foreign character” in 12. About as easy as Mephistos get – only about 9 difficult answer … Read more “Mephisto 2605 – Mike Laws”