Author: sabine_tk

Solving time: 23.53 I thought this was very difficult and very clever, with lots of devilish disguises and traps, verbs craftily disguised as nouns, and some very complex wordplay to decipher. At one point I … Read more “Times Crossword 24214”

Solving time: 15.22. I finished most of the puzzle within 10 minutes but then ground to a halt in the top left, where a combination of interlocking blind spots left me unable to break either … Read more “Times Crossword 24202”

Solving time: 22.33. I struggled dreadfully with this despite being fairly lucky with the vocabulary – I knew the relatively unusual GOPAK, DREYFUS, NAAFI and MENSHEVIST, so I don’t really have much excuse except the … Read more “Times Crossword 24190”

Solving time: I was disturbed twice while solving this one and didn’t manage to steer the stopwatch successfully through the stops and starts, but I’d guess it took me around 15 minutes, and that this … Read more “Times Crossword 24178”

Solving time: 15.18. After filling in the SW corner at lightning speed, with two helpful anagrams at 18 and 21 ac to start things going, I ground to an abrupt halt and plodded through the … Read more “Times Crossword 24166”

Solving time: 14.54 I thought this was a very good puzzle, with lots of clever devices and disguises to trip up solvers. My main problems arose with the NE corner, though looking at it now … Read more “Times Crossword 24154”

Solving time: 10.25. I thought this was a fairly average puzzle, with tricky wordplay in quite a few places that I had to go back and figure out later. I haven’t been posting many times … Read more “Times Crossword 24130”

Solving time: 11.04. A pleasant enough workout that started with CYBERSPACE – nice to see PHISHING turn up in the same puzzle. I felt I should have been able to do this one in 10 … Read more “Times Crossword 24118”

Solving time: 8.00. Hope you’ve all had a merry Christmas. I was relieved to be able to finish this off fairly quickly since conditions here are rather more chaotic than usual. It’s somewhat tragic to … Read more “Times Crossword 24106”

Solving time: 18.30. I found this a tricky but enjoyable puzzle with some nicely disguised definitions, and also some where the definition was a giveaway but the wordplay needed quite a lot of thought. I … Read more “Times Crossword 24095”