Solving time: hours! This was one of the hardest Mephistos I can remember. A session of about 43 minutes without Chambers got about two-thirds of it done, but the rest was really tough and Chambers … Read more “Mephisto 2498 – Tim Moorey”
Sunday Times 4,285 – Mamma Mia!
Most people like me who subscribe to the Times crosswords always find the Sunday version a breeze (compared to the daily puzzles) and this one is no exception. If I am not mistaken, the very … Read more “Sunday Times 4,285 – Mamma Mia!”
Jumbo 765 – mixed bag
Solving time 17:37 This puzzle was mostly easy but had quite few tricky words to keep you thnking. This is one of those annoying times when I think “who was doing the jumbo report due … Read more “Jumbo 765 – mixed bag”
Times Saturday 23964 (July 12)
Solving time 7:58 One of the easiest Saturday puzzles for me for a long time. The clues are all cryptically sound and the surface readings all make sense, but they just seemed really easy to … Read more “Times Saturday 23964 (July 12)”
23969 – Wakey, Wakey!!!!!!
This was another puzzle of two halves. The LH side went in at record pace (for me) at little more than 5 minutes, but most of the RH side caused problems and took 40 minutes or so … Read more “23969 – Wakey, Wakey!!!!!!”
Times 23968 – together we can take over the world
Solving time : 22 minutes. A tale of two halves, the bottom half took me very little time, and I was left with a mostly empty top half. Some guesswork here that I had to … Read more “Times 23968 – together we can take over the world”
Times 23,967 – Slow Love is not Sweet
Quite a challenging puzzle which took me slightly more than 30 minutes including time to mull over and digest the wordplay; since I knew I had to blog this. Some of the definitions were tricky … Read more “Times 23,967 – Slow Love is not Sweet”
23,966
23966 Solving time 21:19 Got quite badly stuck after 7 mins or so with about half this puzzle left to do, but kept on chipping away. The last two groups to succumb were 10/3/5 and … Read more “23,966”
Times 23965
“Train journey into London = 31 mins – I will try hard to complete it during the journey.” I didn’t complete it. The ones I had missing after half an hour were 4A (HAIRSPRING), 12A … Read more “Times 23965”
ST 4284 (Sun 6th July 2008) Slightly bonkers
Solving time : around 25 minutes, with probably ten minutes staring at 6d before making a guess. If you like your crosswords a little bit bonkers, you probably enjoyed this. If this puzzle were human, … Read more “ST 4284 (Sun 6th July 2008) Slightly bonkers”