The last time I blogged a daily, I started slowly and accelerated rapidly; today I was fast out of the blocks before grinding to halt in an empty SW corner. Eventually a bit of hard … Read more “Times 25,719”
Author: topicaltim
Times Jumbo 1077
28:16 on the Club timer, which suggests a pretty straightforward puzzle. Perfectly good entertainment for the weekend without living long in the memory. With Jumbos, which attract a far smaller audience than daily puzzles, I … Read more “Times Jumbo 1077”
Times 25,707
Started slowly, but as I went on I found myself swiftly gathering speed, possibly because this grid is very friendly, thanks to the long clues around each side (assuming you get them, of course…) Meanwhile, … Read more “Times 25,707”
Times 25,695 – The Blog What I Wrote
11:54 for a puzzle which I don’t think will pose insuperable problems for too many solvers. Where I wasn’t certain of the necessary vocabulary (a couple of clues), the wordplay pointed me in only one … Read more “Times 25,695 – The Blog What I Wrote”
Times 25,677
Morning all; Jim (or more accurately, you’ll be glad to hear, his broadband connection) has fallen victim to the Great Dorset Inundation. Luckily he was able to get a message out by carrier pigeon first, … Read more “Times 25,677”
Times 25,671
Well, maybe it’s the excesses of the holiday season catching up with me, or simple incompetence, but I had enormous trouble getting to grips with this puzzle. Possibly a perfect example of not being on … Read more “Times 25,671”
Times Jumbo 1067
A shade under 45 minutes, which rightly suggests a tougher than usual challenge. One or two question marks, which were more than outweighed by the ticks. Warning: this puzzle, and by extension blog, contains spoilers … Read more “Times Jumbo 1067”
Times 25,660
As I was feeling a bit tired last night, I decided not to stay up for a midnight solve and blog (also, for once, the prospect of staying up to catch the end of the … Read more “Times 25,660”
Times 25,648
When I choose to solve and blog at midnight rather than the next morning, there’s not usually enough of a sample of other online solvers to work out if I’ve been comparatively fast or slow, … Read more “Times 25,648”
Times 1062
38:34 on the Club timer, which is just a little above average for me with the Jumbo. If I had to sum up the solving experience in one word, it might be “steady”: by no … Read more “Times 1062”