See the posting for puzzle 1 if the format puzzles you. Anax Italics = words quoted from clues, < = reversal, * = anagram, (X) = container component, (x) = dropped letter/s Across 1 COP+E. … Read more “Times Crossword Championship 2008 – Puzzle 2”
Reports on Championship Grand Final puzzles
Anax is writing up reports on the three puzzles used in the Grand Final and I expect these will appear soon – possibly even later today. If you haven’t tried them yet, do so quickly. … Read more “Reports on Championship Grand Final puzzles”
Times 24,044 – The Devil to Pay
Solving time : 19 minutes, and once more my alternate Tuesday presents another pleasant and straightforward solve, at least as far as I was concerned. Q0-E5-D5. Across 1 DROWSY – (SWORD)rev + (fault)Y. 4 SUPERMAN … Read more “Times 24,044 – The Devil to Pay”
Mephisto 2510 – Tim Moorey
Solving time: 66 minutes – Chambers used after getting the first two or three answers. As Jimbo said last week, this was a difficult puzzle. Although difficult, it included some answers that are quite familiar … Read more “Mephisto 2510 – Tim Moorey”
The Times Cryptic Crossword Number: 24043
Solving time: 28 minutes I found this quite straightforward. SYBARITISM and EDENTATE were new to me but both were gettable by the wordplay. I also didn’t know the abbreviation sc. SCREECH OWL was vaguely familiar, … Read more “The Times Cryptic Crossword Number: 24043”
ST 4297 (Sun 5 Oct)
Solving time: Gave up after 10 mins with 2 missing (4dn and 11ac) A late blog tonight as I’ve only just got back from Cheltenham. Congratulations to Mark on his victory, to Peter on his … Read more “ST 4297 (Sun 5 Oct)”
2008 Championships – Mark Goodliffe’s second win.
(New material added today (Mon 13 Oct) and later is just before the results, separated by a horizontal line). The Grand Final winning times quoted at Chletenham and in the newspaper report the next day … Read more “2008 Championships – Mark Goodliffe’s second win.”
Saturday Times 24036 (4 Oct)
Okay, just a quick blog a day early, as I’m off to Cheltenham this evening for a certain Crossword Championship and won’t be back until Sunday night. Solving time was 18:39, but annoyingly the last … Read more “Saturday Times 24036 (4 Oct)”
24041 Infuriating
Time taken to solve: An hour before I resorted to help on 15ac to kickstart the SE corner where I was well and truly stuck. Then it took me another 10 minutes. I found this … Read more “24041 Infuriating”
Times 24040. Oh, so that means that!
Solving time : 13 minutes. I liked this puzzle a lot, there were some clever usages of the unfamiliar meanings of words, backed up with some very fair wordplay. I thought this was going to … Read more “Times 24040. Oh, so that means that!”