Zipped through in 10.01 online, so without any evidence as to other people’s experience yet, I can only conclude this was either: a) pretty straightforward, or b) bang on my personal wavelength. A couple of … Read more “Times 25,217”
Author: topicaltim
Times 25,205
13:42 on the Club timer for a solid middle of the road Times puzzle. I don’t think there’s much here in terms of knowledge or clueing that will be unfamiliar to moderately experienced solvers. [edit] … Read more “Times 25,205”
Times 25,193
After a couple of real testers on my Tuesday blogging shift, the complete opposite today, knocked off in 7:25 online. Across 1 BABYLONIAN – BABY + LONdon + IAN. 6 SCOW – Small COW(=neat). 10 … Read more “Times 25,193”
Times Jumbo 982
Returning to this puzzle, I find I recorded a solving time of an hour and a quarter. Casting my mind back a couple of weeks, I’m pretty certain this was as a result of solving … Read more “Times Jumbo 982”
Times 25,181
The second blogged puzzle in a row where I clocked in at just under 30 minutes. Even allowing for blogger’s anxiety, I reckon that means it was pretty tough, so I’m hoping it won’t just … Read more “Times 25,181”
Times 25,169
A very chewy puzzle, clocking in at 28:09 on the club leaderboard (incidentally, it’s lovely when we get a tough puzzle and all the peculiar people who solve the puzzle in the paper version then … Read more “Times 25,169”
Times Jumbo 977
A solving time of 28 minutes, so not the most difficult puzzle, but a very fine one in my view: lots of clever stuff and pleasing penny-drop moments, including two clues in particular which I … Read more “Times Jumbo 977”
Times 25,157
12:40 on the Club timer, so would have been a pretty good time, until I realised there was one mistake and it didn’t count. As well as receiving a lesson in overhastiness (assuming it’s the … Read more “Times 25,157”
Times 25,145
14:31 on the Club timer, another perfectly enjoyable but not especially arcane puzzle. (I say “not especially arcane”, though as I blog, it occurs to me there are things here which might not be regarded … Read more “Times 25,145”
Times Jumbo 972
A solving time of 34 minutes, occasionally feeling a bit dozy, particularly when I was left with a lot of white space in the centre; but the Crossword Club scoreboard tells me that Magoo took … Read more “Times Jumbo 972”