Sad news from Don Manley – his Chambers Crossword Manual is going out of print. He’s trying to get another publisher to take it on, but if you don’t have it, you might want to … Read more “Chambers crossword manual – now out of print”
Author: petebiddlecombe
Statistics
At last, LiveJournal have provided some statistics pages about blogs (more info for paid users than unpaid). Our average number of page views per month is around 40,000. This is roughly half the number for … Read more “Statistics”
24607
Solving time: 7:03 A fairly easy puzzle (third in a row, so doubtless a cue for people telling us there’s been a management decision to water down the Times crossword), with some mild difficulties like … Read more “24607”
Jumbo 880
Solving time: maybe 25 minutes first time around Apologies for the delay with this one – I had a very busy week last week, followed by the discovery that just about every blog I might … Read more “Jumbo 880”
Jumbo 882
The club site have repeated one of the old favourite cock-ups. The Jumbo cryptic currently has the clues for the Times 2 Jumbo. I guess the correct clues will be up some time on Monday. … Read more “Jumbo 882”
Times 24595
Solving time: 14:30 A nicely chewy puzzle which taught me a new word at 13. The grid is only a Q short of a pangram – not a good puzzle for imagining Q’s in unchecked … Read more “Times 24595”
24593
Now bought on paper, and solved in 6:22. Full report within the hour by early p.m. – forgotten appt – chip in now if you don’t have time to wait, as you would have done … Read more “24593”
“Service Temporarily unavailable …
… The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.” So says the link on the Crossword Club site that normally displays today’s Times … Read more ““Service Temporarily unavailable …”
Times 24589
Solving time: about 11 minutes – interrrupted for a spell that I couldn’t time exactly. I think there’s just enough tricky stuff in this one to get a fairly wide range of times – seeing … Read more “Times 24589”
Mephisto 2601 – Paul McKenna
Much of this puzzle was fairly easy by Mephisto standards – I had all but 7 A/D, 12, 15, 1D, 22, 29, 32 and 26 filled in after about 80 minutes. But this set defeated … Read more “Mephisto 2601 – Paul McKenna”