Solving time: 12:37 Eight multi-word answers today, but frustratingly I managed just two of these on first look (12ac and 15dn) which made this feel slow. Only after finishing did I notice the large number … Read more “23,452 – Special K, hiding Sikh”
23,451 – Obviously you’re not a golfer
Solving time : 1h25 Off to a cracking start – I did most of the RHS fairly quickly then the rest in fits and spurts. Looking back, though, there weren’t too many tricky clues so … Read more “23,451 – Obviously you’re not a golfer”
Mephisto 2411 – Tim Moorey
Solving time: call it 80 minutes Got myself in a real mess with this with a careless entry of ATTAP at 2D, followed by consequent agony trying to find ST?KO at 11 and UP?? at … Read more “Mephisto 2411 – Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times/4198 – no typos!
No typos – something always worth mentioning in the context of The Sunday Times. Pretty straightforward – only one unrecognized word (7D). Some of clichéd Usual Suspects (Essen cropped up again, L for student, N … Read more “Sunday Times/4198 – no typos!”
Saturday Times 23444
What was I going to say about this puzzle? No idea, forgotten already – I had to re-solve it this morning to remind myself. In future I’ll make notes on the Saturday I do it … Read more “Saturday Times 23444”
Jumbo 667 – cheeky setter rides again?
Just remembered this was waiting to be posted … Solving time 15:55 A fairly easy jumbo, this one. I don’t have as much data about Jumbo times as for the daily cryptic, but the 10 … Read more “Jumbo 667 – cheeky setter rides again?”
Laugh at me, mock me, beat my score and time
Solving time : 13m23s – 3 wrong(!). Yesterday’s gloat has been fully paid for, not just by fbgp beating my time, but by a horrendous foul-up today, with eons taken to resolve 15, 18, 19, … Read more “Laugh at me, mock me, beat my score and time”
23448 – easy for a Thursday (or any day)
Solving time : 5:41 This may not be the fastest time in which I have ever completed a Times Crossword, but it is certainly the fastest I have ever timed accurately. With the single exception … Read more “23448 – easy for a Thursday (or any day)”
23,447 – Not a giveaway / Shameless advertising
Solving time 12:28 + a tad for previous knowledge This was the first puzzle in preliminary session B of the championship, and it was solved by 53 per cent of the competitors. After some daft … Read more “23,447 – Not a giveaway / Shameless advertising”
23,446 – Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Solving time : 28:50, of which about 20 mins on the six starred clues; one mistake (13dn) Had a bad start, eventually getting going with 12ac, but thought I was going to get away with … Read more “23,446 – Slings and arrows of outrageous fortune”