Solving time – 25:50 .. I’m off the sub’s bench again, this time for Jimbo. He’s taking a week at the Ashram in Maharashtra. Shame really, as I think Jimbo would have enjoyed this one. … Read more “Times 24,277 – Funeral in Berlin”
Category: Daily Cryptic
Times 24276: there’s a vulgarrank growing in my garden!
Solving time: 18 minutes Music: Prokofiev, Symphony #5, Martinon/PCO A very moderate puzzle, but my time was not as good as it should have been, owing to a few unwarranted assumptions. I looked at 1 … Read more “Times 24276: there’s a vulgarrank growing in my garden!”
ST 4336 (Sun 5 Jul) – Ashes to Ashes
Solving time: 5:16 Like England’s bowling, this was not too challenging with lots of easy ones to get you going and nothing likely to catch you out. The clues were generally good though. * = … Read more “ST 4336 (Sun 5 Jul) – Ashes to Ashes”
Times Crossword 24274
Solving time: 13.20 I probably cost myself 3 or 4 minutes by initially writing in a wrong answer at 1 ac, which meant I was staring in puzzlement at the NW corner long after the … Read more “Times Crossword 24274”
Times 24,273
Solving time: 12:34 Lots of fun in this one, along with a lot of chewy words. Egeria, sennight, and nilgai are all a bit obscure. And ISA, LMS and Ryde may not be very well … Read more “Times 24,273”
Times 24,272 – Dangerous, a Smooth Criminal… not Bad
19:10 .. This one seemed to get trickier as it went along, difficulty stemming from some intricate wordplay and a couple of answers that I had to check after solving. I’m a little uncertain of … Read more “Times 24,272 – Dangerous, a Smooth Criminal… not Bad”
Times 24,271 – King of the who?
22 minutes this morning, which put this into the category of “slightly harder than average” for me. Some clever wordplay which had me slapping my head in one particular “D’oh!” moment. Also, some fairly good … Read more “Times 24,271 – King of the who?”
Times 24270 – The language of restraint?
Solving time: 25mins I found this relatively straightforward with only two guesses required. Held up in the NE and SW for longer than was necessary, but otherwise steady progress. Some clues (e.g. 4, 20 and … Read more “Times 24270 – The language of restraint?”
Times 24268
Time taken to solve: 30 minutes for all but the 14s and 27across. These added another 15 minutes to my time. The RH I found more straightforward than the LH and in particular the SW … Read more “Times 24268”
Times 24267 – can you 29 28 to be a 17?
Solving time : I worked on this during breaks in a rehearsal so didn’t really get a chance to note down a time, but I found it a pretty steady solve with a few falling … Read more “Times 24267 – can you 29 28 to be a 17?”