Author: topicaltim

19:55 according to the new Crossword Club’s built-in timer, which has not met with universal approbation among Club members, but is extremely handy for bloggers here. Back from the travails of Cheltenham, in which I … Read more “Times 24,666”

Solid, mostly straightforward, solve, which was nothing like as testing or (with all due respect to today’s setter) entertaining as yesterday’s offering; though as I try not to damn with faint praise on such occasions, … Read more “Times 24,654”

The received wisdom (which I believe we are told to ignore by the Crossword Editor) is that Monday puzzles, if not always easy, tend to the easier end of the spectrum, but that Bank Holiday … Read more “Times 24,629”

If you’re wondering “Where’s Jimbo?”, we have swapped weeks for administrative reasons: and this has resulted in me getting probably the easiest puzzle I’ve blogged, so if he gets a stinker next week, I apologise … Read more “Times 24,624”

Under 15 minutes for a solid puzzle; if I had to sum it up in a word, it might be “workmanlike”, which is not intended as a criticism. A couple of nice &lits, and a … Read more “Times 24,618 – Open Season”

Straightforward fare today, especially with two quickly spotted long down solutions; anything that might not be known either in the clueing or solution is, I think, sufficiently explained by wordplay (except, on reflection, perhaps the … Read more “Times 24,606”