The SE corner held me up: took me as long to solve as the all the rest of the puzzle: total 1/2h. All in all, not as easy as last week’s and slowed down my … Read more “Sunday Times 4200/hang on – not so fast”
Saturday Times 23456
Solving time 15:34 I was going to mention the interesting puzzle number with consecutive digits, and that the next time this happens will be some time in 2042, but Pete beat me to it last … Read more “Saturday Times 23456”
Jumbo 669 – religion and deletions / One month in …
Solving time: 18:55 A good selection of answers here, and some interesting clues. Quite a bit of religion – a creed, baptism, apostle, heretic, and Vishnu and his equivalent of nectar too. Also some interesting … Read more “Jumbo 669 – religion and deletions / One month in …”
23,461 – Little to stir the old sweats (yes, I’m doing it again!)
Solving time : 6m08s felt not particularly quick for an easy puzzle, but on reflection a lot of the answers were quite hard, even if the clues weren’t. For instance, I couldn’t have been confident … Read more “23,461 – Little to stir the old sweats (yes, I’m doing it again!)”
23460: tough, and complicated by algorithms
Solving time : 24:48 Difficult I think. Going through the clues afterwards there are few that don’t seem to require a comment. Starting at 1A, I didn’t solve my first clue until 18A. Most of … Read more “23460: tough, and complicated by algorithms”
23,459 – the fifth qualifier
Solving time – 9:42 This was the last of the qualifying puzzles for the Times Crossword Championship. It was on their crossword club website so I solved it then, and wrote these notes from a … Read more “23,459 – the fifth qualifier”
23,458 – Query queries
Solving time: 26 mins in total, 15 of those trying to resolve three clues. The triad in question comprised 9ac (got wrong and has taken me ages to work out the correct answer), 25ac (got … Read more “23,458 – Query queries”
23,457 – fairly easy
Standing in for one of the regulars for my first Times Community review, this was an accessible puzzle. As a daily Indy solver, have been doing the Times almost every day only in fairly recent … Read more “23,457 – fairly easy”
Mephisto 2412, weekend round-up
Posting a bit early, but I don’t think anyone’s sad enough to pinch these answers and then go to a PO with an 11 p.m. collection … We’re back round to Chris Feetenby again. I … Read more “Mephisto 2412, weekend round-up”
23450 – struggled a bit
Solving time – 26:54 At least 10 minutes slower than I would have liked. It was tricky in places but not that hard! Perhaps I should stop going out on Friday nights… ACROSS 1 S(CH,IS)M … Read more “23450 – struggled a bit”