Author: sabine_tk

Solving time: 9.55. Worked through this pretty steadily, with the SE corner the last to crack. Felt as if I should have been a couple of minutes faster when I’d finished. I thought the grid … Read more “Times Crossword 24093”

Solving time: 15.24, with one mistake. I wrote in TAXES at the very end at 9ac, and stopped the clock – I didn’t really understand how it worked, but then I rarely do understand anything … Read more “Times Crossword 24083”

Solving time: 7.51. I’ve been moping around with toothache since late last night, and the crossword gods have been merciful, providing a straightforward puzzle with easyish long answers, and entirely free of words like “throb”, … Read more “Times Crossword 24071”

Solving time: 6.08. This must be another puzzle from the second heat of the semifinals, which I recall Peter saying was a very fast heat indeed. Seemed like a straightforward enough puzzle – the two … Read more “Times Crossword 24069”

Solving time: 7.45 I found this pleasant enough to solve, but there was nothing in it that held me up for long. The SW corner was the last to be finished – mainly because I … Read more “Times Crossword 24059”

Solving time: 9.24, which felt as if it should have been faster. I didn’t think this was a very interesting puzzle; quite a few of the clues just seemed to lack inspiration and to be … Read more “Times Crossword 24047”

Solving time: 16.09 I found this the toughest puzzle for a couple of weeks – since the last one I blogged, actually. And as on that occasion it was difficult to find clues to leave … Read more “Times Crossword 24035”

Solving time: 26.12. Found this really hard going – almost every clue seemed to present a problem. I actually had everything filled in after 18 minutes or so, but after my mistakes earlier in the … Read more “Times Crossword 24023”

Solving time: 15.12. Quite a few clues with very helpful definitions, including the two long verticals, got me off to a good start and I saw the long anagram at 17a right away too, but … Read more “Times Crossword 24011”

Solving time: 16.31 The bottom half of this went in relatively painlessly but I was left with 7 or 8 empty spaces at the top in two unconnected groups which took a lot longer to … Read more “Times Crossword 23999”