Solving time: 30:00 with only 17 clues solved correctly (13 unsolved, 2 wrong) (or 16 solved correctly and 3 wrong if my guess for 15D – that the expected answer is ESMERELDA rather than ESMERALDA … Read more “TLS Puzzle No. 822 (and a unresolved clue from No. 806)”
Author: tony_sever
TLS Puzzle No. 820 (and an unresolved clue from No. 812)
Solving time: 30:00 (1 wrong, 4 unsolved), but all correct in around 35 minutes I made the mistake of starting this puzzle when I was feeling rather tired. I’d hoped that it might wake me … Read more “TLS Puzzle No. 820 (and an unresolved clue from No. 812)”
Times Literary Supplement – TLS 818
Solving time: a little under 30 minutes (2 mistakes) In fact my solving time might just as well have been “a little under 17 minutes (2 mistakes)” since I made no further progress with my … Read more “Times Literary Supplement – TLS 818”
Times Crossword 3104 (2 Feb 1940) (and solutions to Crosswords 9282 and 15440, with a few comments)
Solving time: 11:54 I expect I’m not the only person who found this far simpler than No. 3103 which I reported on here. However, since I didn’t know beforehand that it was going to be … Read more “Times Crossword 3104 (2 Feb 1940) (and solutions to Crosswords 9282 and 15440, with a few comments)”
Advance Notice of Report on Puzzle 3,104 (2 Feb. 1940)
I’ve just tackled the three archive puzzles that were made available with the solutions to the three that have already been blogged, and can report that I found the 1940 puzzle (No. 3,104 from 2 … Read more “Advance Notice of Report on Puzzle 3,104 (2 Feb. 1940)”
Times Crossword 3,103 of 1 February 1940 celebrating (?) the Crossword’s 80th Birthday
Solving time: I stopped the clock at 30 minutes with just over half the puzzle completed. Firstly, apologies for posting this a lot later than I’d intended. I had a couple of visits to the … Read more “Times Crossword 3,103 of 1 February 1940 celebrating (?) the Crossword’s 80th Birthday”