14:05 on the Club timer. An enjoyable puzzle which had the more relaxed feel of, say, the Guardian – no flouting of Ximenean rules, of course, or use of living people in solutions, but the … Read more “Times 24,773 – more tea, vicar?”
Author: topicaltim
Times 24,761
19:17 on the Club timer, which felt like a fair time for a tricky-ish puzzle (and from looking at my place on the scoreboard, I see my time is – in the standard unit used … Read more “Times 24,761”
Times Jumbo 907
36:41 according to the Club timer, which – I suspect rightly – suggests this was quite a bit tougher than usual. Certainly several clues went in without full understanding of why they were right, and … Read more “Times Jumbo 907”
Times 24,749
16:21 on the Club timer, which was a good deal quicker than I thought was going to be the case. I think what I mean is that this was a tricksy puzzle and I was … Read more “Times 24,749”
Times 24,737
13:47 on the Club timer, and given that was my time even after I was distracted mid-solve by the Ginger Wizard rattling Mike Hussey’s bails on the coverage from Sydney, I think we can safely … Read more “Times 24,737”
Times 24,726
19:22 on the Club timer, a disproportionate part of which was spent on one corner: in an echo of the current UK weather, things were very tricky in the SE. Apart from those, it was … Read more “Times 24,726”
Times 24714
12:22 on the Club timer, which confirms my feeling that this was pretty straightforward. A couple of not especially common words were clued so precisely that I don’t think they’ll undo too many people; and … Read more “Times 24714”
Times 24,702 – Aloha Aloha Aloha, what’s all this then?
16:12, so a much more straightforward challenge than yesterday’s; though I’ll concede some might find this one requires more knowledge, even without the devious wordplay, making it no easier overall. As well as my solving … Read more “Times 24,702 – Aloha Aloha Aloha, what’s all this then?”
Times 24690
Timed at 9:59, for a puzzle which was nearly all straightforward. One plant, which, as usual, I hazarded a (confident) guess at from wordplay rather than green-fingered experience, and one use of a less obvious … Read more “Times 24690”
Times 24,678
Timed at 19:09, which seems about right for what I found a very two-paced puzzle – more than half the across clues went in on first look, but things slowed rapidly after that, particularly in … Read more “Times 24,678”