Category: Monthly Club Special

Solving Time: Just under 40 minutes, in two sessions. So, rather easy, in fact this may be the easiest club monthly I’ve blogged. The first five acrosses went straight in, unheard of for me.. nevertheless … Read more “Club Monthly 20153 June 2013 – Absentee Blogger Edition”

Solving Time: Not too bad, something around the hour I think, but sadly with two errors somewhere. I can’t see any typos, so I hope they will surface as I write the blog… (they did, … Read more “Club Monthly 20152 May 2013 – Error-strewn edition”

Solving Time: Just over an hour, so about average for me, although it did feel quite a hard crossword. Another high class offering, though, and a welcome diversion from some of the more ramshackle goings-on … Read more “Club Monthly 20151 April 2013 – Natural History edition”

Solving Time: I found this hard and it took me something like 1 1/2 hours, off and on over a few days. However the last half came in something of a rush so maybe it … Read more “Club Monthly 20150 March 2013 – Science Edition”

Solving Time: About 1hr 20mins, a bit longer than usual though I’m not sure it is in fact any harder than last month. One thing I did notice is that this month, there seems to … Read more “Club Monthly 20149 February 2013 – Elegant words edition”

Solving Time: about 50 minutes, ie just a fraction quicker than average for me. This blog is a bit later than usual, because entries have to be in by the last Thursday of the month, … Read more “Club Monthly 20148 January 2013”

Solving Time: About 45 minutes in two sessions, so definitely on the easier side, as the Crossword Club statistics seem to confirm (66 correct answers at time of writing) – but still no pushover! Unless … Read more “Club Monthly 20147 December 2012 – Homage to Jack Vance”

Solving Time: About 1hr 15mins in two sessions. This crossword struck me as unusually good even for a Club Monthly, which is saying something. It is also a pangram. It has a lot of elegant … Read more “Club Monthly 20146 November 2012 – A tour de force”

Solving Time: Not recorded, but this felt about averagely hard. I notice that Jason J (second in the recent Championships) completed it in 21 mins 18secs, whereas the winner took 31mins. Remarkable. The crossword itself … Read more “Club Monthly 20145 October 2012 – Creative Edition”

Solving Time: this took me quite a while, almost two hours in fact, though half of that was spent in mopping up the last half-dozen clues. To my intense irritation, I find I have one … Read more “Club Monthly 20144 September 2012 – Must Try Harder (the blogger, that is)”