Thanks Mr Editor for persuading the powers that be to add the info that this was one of the three TCC semi final puzzles from last December 7th.I finished this in 19 minutes, surprised it … Read more “Times 27591 – nothing too fishy.”
Author: piquet
Times 27585 – Second TCC heat, third puzzle I assume.
Penfold_61 in last Wednesday’s blog comments told us that puzzle 27579 was the third in the booklet, so presumably this was the second, but the last in the heats to be blogged. I wish the … Read more “Times 27585 – Second TCC heat, third puzzle I assume.”
Times 27579 – Second TCC heat, #2 I assume.
Easier than last week’s puzzle from the same heat, in my view, with similar scope for biffing and guessing correctly if you’re on the clock. 19a and 4d probably gave some trouble, unless you were … Read more “Times 27579 – Second TCC heat, #2 I assume.”
Times 27573 – foiled, chopped, crushed and licked, in a square round hole
I found this puzzle a game of two halves. The top half went in smoothly, on target for my 20 minute performance. But the LHS and SW corner took me far too long. It would … Read more “Times 27573 – foiled, chopped, crushed and licked, in a square round hole”
Times 27567 – TCC Heat 1 #3 – nothing to scare the mokes.
I found this third of the set just about the same in difficulty as the first two, with plenty of scope for biffing on the day I’d imagine, even if the parsing was a bit … Read more “Times 27567 – TCC Heat 1 #3 – nothing to scare the mokes.”
Times 27561 – TCC Heat 1 #2 – get your just desserts.
Under peaceful ‘exam type’ conditions this took me exactly another 19 minutes, so with last week’s I have exactly 22 minutes of the hour remaining to do #3. Not too bad, although I should have … Read more “Times 27561 – TCC Heat 1 #2 – get your just desserts.”
Times 27555 – TCC Heat 1 – where you from, pet?
I see 47 of 81 solvers attempting this last December completed it correctly, while just 30 of 81 got all three in this heat correct. I tried it against the clock (not my usual habit) … Read more “Times 27555 – TCC Heat 1 – where you from, pet?”
Times 27549 – 2020 vision.
Well, if you’re awake and sober enough to read this, on New Year’s morning, I wish you every continuation in 2020. Or maybe you’re in places a few hours west and not yet abed, or … Read more “Times 27549 – 2020 vision.”
Times 27543 – tasty turkey, with a few chewy bits
This is my sixth year of Wednesday blogging but the first in which Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday, so I was quite surprised to find I didn’t get a day off and there was … Read more “Times 27543 – tasty turkey, with a few chewy bits”
Times 27537 – have a piece of Christmas cake.
I thought this was the easiest Wednesday for a while, no doubt the SNITCH will show us if I’m right. No homophones, dodgy or otherwise, no anagrams of tricky foreign words, nothing obscure to scare … Read more “Times 27537 – have a piece of Christmas cake.”