Author: topicaltim

20:47 here, so either this was fairly challenging or I am still feeling the effects of a late night travelling back from being a guest (or “ringer” as less charitable people would call it) in … Read more “Times 24,522 – Film 2010”

16 mins, so very middle of the road in terms of difficulty. That doesn’t mean I was familiar with all the vocabulary or knowledge required, but the wordplay on each occasion left me in little … Read more “Times 24,498 –”

24:47 here, so definitely on the tough side, unless it was just a case of me not being on the right wavelength for this setter. However, if it was hard, it was certainly hard but … Read more “Times 24,486”

12:47 here, so I’ll take my life in my hands and definitively describe this as a nice even puzzle, with nothing overly demanding in terms of knowledge or wordplay. The trick, of course, with this … Read more “Times 24,474 – I’m All Right (I hope)”

12:26 here, which felt as if it should have been quicker (I suspect some sprinters will clock in at half that time), with not too much specialist knowledge or deep analysis required. Still, the daily … Read more “Times 24,462”

16:12; to be precise, that was the time at which I stopped the clock, believing everything was answered and entered correctly, albeit with a certain amount of wordplay left to be explained to myself as … Read more “Times 24,450 – Bridging a gap?”

19:37, held up by my brain refusing to see the correct definition in a not especially tricky clue, and another solution which seemed so straightforward that I found myself looking for other possibilities that weren’t … Read more “Times 24,438 – that would be an ecumenical matter…”