Category: Other Crosswords

I’m fairly sure this was the quickest of the three puzzles for me. The two sets of three double defs in a row are an interesting little twist, though I doubt anyone noticed on the … Read more “Times Championship Grand Final – Puzzle 3”

This was probably the toughest of the three puzzles, though because I didn’t make the same kind of slip as in the first, I think I solved it a couple of minutes quicker. Solving time … Read more “Times Championship Grand Final – Puzzle 2”

This is a one-off unofficial contest based on your times for the three puzzles used in the Grand Final of the 2007 Times Crossword Championship. We’ll just have a ‘mini-championhip’ table for this one, so … Read more “2007 Grand Final Unofficial RTC – your times please”

This is a weekly unofficial contest based on your times for the Times cryptic crossword from Saturday to Friday. Championship puzzles and this contest Contests 13-18 will consist of five puzzles each rather than the … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 14 – your times please”

Note about Friday’s 23,706 If you’re about to enter and think you’ve made a mistake on this one after checking the official solution, please read the comments in the entry on this puzzle before you … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 9 – your times please”

A surprisingly low entry for this week, considering that everyone who was all-correct had their quickest time for six puzzles since we started. Maybe MONTAGU’S HARRIER on Tuesday had more victims than we know about … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 8 – results”

This is a weekly unofficial contest based on your times for the Times cryptic crossword from Saturday to Friday. In July 2007, someone commenting on Tony Sever’s Times 2 RTC blog suggested a competition like … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 8 – your times please”

The key to success this week was avoiding mistakes on 23,691 and 23,694. Only four entrants came through unscathed, with Mark Goodliffe taking a fairly easy win in both contests and becoming the first to … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 7 – results”

This is a weekly unofficial contest based on your times for the Times cryptic crossword from Saturday to Friday. In July 2007, someone commenting on Tony Sever’s Times 2 RTC blog suggested a competition like … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 7 – your times please”

After the fireworks of last week, we get back to that hard fact about competitive solving: speed is irrelevant if you make mistakes, so accurate solving at say 10 minutes a puzzle will beat just … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 6 – results”