Author: topicaltim

Clock stopped at 15:41 for an interesting and not entirely straightforward puzzle – there was a lot of “Hmmm, that rings a bell” with some clues, and more than one answer went in without full … Read more “Times 26,066”

I’m standing in for jackkt today, as he’s temporarily indisposed, but, let us hope, back soon and 100%. Happily, I was right on the wavelength with today’s offering, and stopped the clock at 12:10 after … Read more “Times 26,060”

My run of tricky puzzles on alternate Tuesdays continues; oddly, this one didn’t feel like too arduous a struggle as I solved it, but the clock tells a different story with a time of 26:45 … Read more “Times 26,054”

For a second blog in a row I got home late and thought I’d tackle this before going to bed, a decision also made with an eye to watching Ireland as they continue to pursue … Read more “Times 26,042”

Well this was exactly what a man doesn’t want when he gets home late and thinks he’ll try to knock off both puzzle and blog before going to bed. There was a lot of head-scratching … Read more “Times 26,030”

17:17, so the second tricky-ish one in a row on blogging day. As I wrote the last one in, having filled it in with an unlikely ‘Z’, I thought “Bah, I should have spotted the … Read more “Times 26,018”

19 minutes, certainly the trickiest Tuesday puzzle I’ve had to solve for blogging purposes in several months. A satisfying test, with plenty of thinking required, as expanded upon below. Across 1 INCAPACITY – Insert your … Read more “Times 26,006”

10 and a half minutes. By no means a write-in, but not a daunting challenge either – nothing very obscure in vocabulary or required knowledge, as far as I can judge, so all in all, … Read more “Times 25,994”