Oops, no sign of it in the paper today so I’ve taken it down again. In his closing comments on Saturday, David Levy said that the three puzzles from the final would be reprinted in … Read more “The Championship Final – Puzzle No. 1”
Category: Other Crosswords
TLS from LJ, custom puzzles, Christmas Turkeys, the Latin puzzles.
Times 6614: My pre-cryptic Hell
Time taken: most of the morning … … and I’m still not sure if I have everything right. Filled in the obvious ones (like 25ac) and then worked with the cross-references until I had about … Read more “Times 6614: My pre-cryptic Hell”
Times 12761, BDSM?
There’s another Qualifer in the paper today. I’ll blog that on 12th May when the deadline’s up. (No spoilers until then please!) Meanwhile, here’s the substitute interactive puzzle from the Club site: No. 12761 from … Read more “Times 12761, BDSM?”
Times 15493: Substitute … me for him
Solving time: see below. This is a substitute puzzle because 24816 is the 2nd Qualifier for the 2011 Championship. I’ll blog the latter on 13th April when the competition closes. Did both puzzles simultaneously in … Read more “Times 15493: Substitute … me for him”
Times 9573 – bonus blog
An excellent and detailed blog entry for this puzzle, which I myself came a cropper on due to a couple of incorrect answers. I gave up after half an hour and used TEA to finish … Read more “Times 9573 – bonus blog”
Times 9572 – the blog
Posted on behalf of john_from_lancs – the solution and notes on yesterday’s bonus puzzle. Across1. (shape)*→HEAPS 4. Sally is the girl from our alley (take your pick from the Henry Carey poem or the Gracie … Read more “Times 9572 – the blog”
TLS 858 (3 December) – UP with WITCH I did not put
Solving time: 18:42 (1 wrong) I had all but three clues solved in around 12 minutes and then agonised for half as long again over BLUE, MOLOSSI and RICHARD UPWITCH, failing (perhaps not entirely surprisingly) … Read more “TLS 858 (3 December) – UP with WITCH I did not put”
TLS 855 – let’s try again!
Another one on the easy side for the TLS, with a larger number of straight cryptics than usual. There were about half a dozen left at the end that I had to look up though, … Read more “TLS 855 – let’s try again!”
TLS 854 (5 November) – Mor Mis!
Solving time: 30 minutes (2 wrong). Les Misérables is one of those books I’ve always meant to read but never got round to, so although I’ve heard of Jean Valjean I simply didn’t connect him … Read more “TLS 854 (5 November) – Mor Mis!”
TLS 853 – forget it!
LiveJournal is bloody useless! That’s twice in recent weeks it’s swallowed an hour’s work without trace. I was typing in the explanation of the second-last clue when the screen froze. When I got it back, … Read more “TLS 853 – forget it!”