Jason wins both contests in another week of mixed fortunes. Two battle-hardened veterans take second and third in the mini-championship after avoiding the various errors – especially on the tricky SATORI and THEMED in 23668. … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 3 – results”
Category: Other Crosswords
TLS from LJ, custom puzzles, Christmas Turkeys, the Latin puzzles.
Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 3 – your times please
This week’s changes – formatting your times: To save me a bit of time getting data into my spreadsheet, a comma after your name and HH:MM:SS format would be really nice. (One day I’ll work … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC No. 3 – your times please”
Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 2 – results
In a week when even some of the most hardened competitors made mistakes, Jason kept his head to win the mini-championship despite spending close to half of the total time on one puzzle. the_od was … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 2 – results”
Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 2 – your solving times please
Special information for this week: 5D in 23663: On the basis of Google searches, if you had GARBAGE BAG instead of GARBAGE CAN, you can count it as a right answer for this competition. I’m … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 2 – your solving times please”
Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 1 – results
With consistently good times for the mid-week puzzles that slowed most people down, this was an easy win for Mark Goodliffe who wins the inaugural star. Yours truly did consistently badly with these three, and … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 1 – results”
Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 1 – your solving times please
In July 2007, someone commenting on Tony Sever’s Times 2 RTC blog suggested having a competition like RTC for the Times cryptic. The same request has been made more than once on the Times club … Read more “Unofficial Times cryptic RTC contest No. 1 – your solving times please”
Championship qualifier 4
Solving time: 11:07 There is a link to the puzzle here: Fourth Qualifier When I came to write this blog I found there were few clues that I could leave out as entirely straightforward. Most … Read more “Championship qualifier 4”
Indie 6255 by Monk
Solving time: 20 mins give or take A challenging puzzle but fair as I’ve come to expect from Monk. Grid is a double pangram. Continues the current “Jewish culture” trend with one answer (to go … Read more “Indie 6255 by Monk”