Back from my holidays (thanks to my new Tuesday oppo for covering as required) and I have to say this wasn’t necessarily the puzzle I was hoping to come back to. Things started well enough, … Read more “Times 25,899”
Author: topicaltim
Times Jumbo 1107 (Bank Holiday)
A solving time of 27 minutes backs up my feeling at the time that this was a pretty straightforward offering by Jumbo standards, but perfectly enjoyable holiday fare. Several nice definitions stood out, along with … Read more “Times Jumbo 1107 (Bank Holiday)”
Times 25,875
It’s been a while since I got that horrible sinking feeling, when it’s blogging day and you quickly realise you’ve drawn a tough one (I know editors insist it doesn’t work like that, but my … Read more “Times 25,875”
Times 25,863
14:58, which is very much my normal sort of time, but as that time is still top of the leaderboard (if only from a very small sample of early birds, of course), perhaps this one’s … Read more “Times 25,863”
Times Jumbo 1102
And we’re back to my normal sort of solving time, 33 minutes for this one. Steady and mostly enjoyable challenge; I concluded that this solver a) likes their cryptic definitions, and b) would have been … Read more “Times Jumbo 1102”
Times 25,851
17:59, with by far the majority of that spent in the Southern Central section of the grid. I thought some of the vocabulary was a little unusual, though today’s driving tour of the Roadworks of … Read more “Times 25,851”
Times 25,839
Clock stopped at 15:59, for a puzzle I very much enjoyed. Not the easiest, with a couple of words I had to call up from the outer reaches of my lexicon, and as always there … Read more “Times 25,839”
Times Jumbo 1097
Having said last time that I was on a long streak of decent, straight down the middle Jumbos, this was noticeably more difficult than that, without being a real beast. I should also add it … Read more “Times Jumbo 1097”
Times 25,827
So, Day 1 of the new subscription regime dawns (metaphorically, anyway, as it’s still the middle of the night, but you know what I mean). I assume that the long-threatened changeover actually did happen as … Read more “Times 25,827”
Times 25,815
Pretty straightforward 11 minute solve without being detained by anything in particular for very long (I think it helps that this grid, especially if you spot the long words early on, is quite a user-friendly … Read more “Times 25,815”