Author: topicaltim

I went to check my time and found I hadn’t started the watch, but I’d guess average time +20%, as I made a quick start to this, but found there was more deception than I’d … Read more “Times 24,594 – sending the keeper the wrong way”

25 minutes, which felt a little slower than it should have been, but may be explained by the combination of what I thought was a reasonably tough, but perfectly fair, puzzle, and the enervating summer … Read more “Times 24,582 –”

21 minutes, and not entirely satisfactory from my perspective, I’m afraid: I don’t mind a straightforward puzzle (as long as it doesn’t contain too many chestnuts), and I like a three-pipe puzzle that requires lots … Read more “Times 24,570 – a game of two halves”

A very unusual solve which suggests I should find my own icon with a dunce’s cap or similar – about 15 minutes for all bar the last one and a half solutions. Then 10 minutes … Read more “Times 24,558 – mental block”

A sprightly 11:55, so not the stiffest challenge, but a puzzle with several entertaining features which I liked. (Apologies for late arrival, technical difficulties, at my end rather than The Crossword Club, just for a … Read more “Times 24,546 – Whan that Aprille…”

Around 25 minutes, for a puzzle which I would describe as punching above its weight i.e. with a lot of clues where I could see what I was being asked to do but took a … Read more “Times 24,534”

No recorded time for today’s puzzle, I’m afraid, as I have been combining crossword with politics (I was happy to deputise after I realised I would be sitting up after midnight anyway, watching General election … Read more “Times 24,531”