Solving time : 28 minutes (but with one horrible horrible mistake!!!!) – if I wasn’t writing the blog I would have gone for the aids. There’s a lot of depth in here – some general … Read more “Times 24327 – hmmm, haven’t seen that before…”
Times 24326 – memento mori?
Solving time: 8:38 Apart from some carelessness at 15D and a partly self-inflicted brief struggle with the last few in the SW corner (16, 14D, 20, 25), this was fairly plain sailing combined with some … Read more “Times 24326 – memento mori?”
Times 24325 Trivial Pursuits
Solving time : 25 minutes A puzzle of mid-range difficulty containing a wide range of topics. The football team will hamper overseas solvers (and perhaps some locals as well). There is the customary collection of … Read more “Times 24325 Trivial Pursuits”
Times 24324: Hunting vocabulary, out in India!
Solving time: 48 minutes Music: None, I’m in a remote part of Connecticut for the Labor Day holiday, no vinyl here. I found this a bit on the hard side, and was distracted by my … Read more “Times 24324: Hunting vocabulary, out in India!”
ST 4344 (Sun 30 Aug) – Animal Farm
Solving time: 5:33 I hadn’t seen a crossword for a couple of weeks when I did this but it was a gentle re-introduction. There seems to be an animal theme with bears, horses, lions, antelopes, … Read more “ST 4344 (Sun 30 Aug) – Animal Farm”
Mephisto 2557 by Tim Moorey
The first thing I noticed about this puzzle is the 13×11 grid rather than the 12×12 we are used to. During the week we learned that there are new grids for the Times daily so … Read more “Mephisto 2557 by Tim Moorey”
Jumbo 830 (Aug 22)
Solving time approx 40 minutes, with one missing. I couldn’t get 36ac at all, despite coming back to it several times for another look. In the end it turned out to be fairly straightforward, heigh-ho! … Read more “Jumbo 830 (Aug 22)”
Saturday Times 24317 (Aug 29)
Solving time – not recorded for some reason. I normally note it down next to the grid, but I obviously forgot. I recall it being quite tricky though, maybe >20 minutes. Across 1 MATTER OF … Read more “Saturday Times 24317 (Aug 29)”
New grids
I’ve had a message from Anax with a PDF showing four seven new Times grids which are now available to the setters – so you’ll probably see these grids used in a few months. I’ll … Read more “New grids”
On behalf of mctext ….
A couple of questions e-mailed to me by mctext, who can’t yet post here (I suspect he’ll be on the staff one day). If you want to reply personally, I suggest using the private message … Read more “On behalf of mctext ….”