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Solving time: eternal. I was driven to the solving aids after about 45 minutes. The north west in particular got the better of me. The devil’s own work here – infernally clever in parts. ACROSS1 … Read more “Sat. 20th Sep. – 24,024 – Out to lunch – nosh, fine wines and a glass of Suffolk punch”

ISBN 978-0-550-10289-8, £25 on the initial special offer, cover price is £35. Doubtless cheaper at online bookshops. Many crossword solvers will buy this simply because by about the end of the year it will be … Read more “The Chambers Dictionary – 11th Edition”

Somehow a mid-afternoon/early evening blitz on this saw a rapid-fire completion, so here’s Bonus Puzzle #005: http://www.ukpuzzle.com/bonus/TimesCOD005.html Go on. You know you want to.

The LIVE CHAT thing will happen again this evening. The room can of course be accessed whenever you like, but I reckon I’ll probably drop by around 7 to 7.30pm – see who’s kicking around. … Read more “The evening natter … hopefully”

Just bought and added to the list of books that I set up under the “tips&tricks” tag – ones that are entertaining and teach you some of those odd words that come up. Nature: Johnson … Read more “Another of those nifty books”

At the moment, vistors to the Times Online site can get free access to the paper’s archive, up to 1985. Given sufficient determination, you can use this to get old crosswords or stories or letters … Read more “Times Archive”

If you act quickly, there’s an offer worth taking up in at least some branches of W H Smith & Son. Books 10, 11 and 12 of the current Times crossword series published by Times … Read more “Three books for a tenner”

Cumulative Pie Chart Analysis What follows is based upon 18 consecutive puzzles running from the end of May to Thursday 19th June 2008. I had originally intended to accumulate data from 24 puzzles before drawing … Read more “Mark Twain Said What!”

If anyone’s considering a purchase of Chambers Dictionary for barred-grid puzzles, you might like to know that the 11th edition is due to be published on 22 August. Unlike the 2006 edition which matched the … Read more “New Chambers”

Another posting for a Friday, where you can chat about anything Times crossword that doesn’t fit elsewhere, but I’ll give you one topic to ponder. And it is you, as I’m off-blog for most of … Read more “Olla Podrida – what slices in our pie?”