Solving time 15:43 This puzzle should have appeared on the recent Bank Holiday Monday, but some clot putting together the Times2 supplement put in a repeat copy of the very easy 754. The right jumbo … Read more “Jumbo 755”
Times 23,914
Solving time: 8:49 Reasonably pleased with this time for a puzzle with a lot of unfamiliar words and meanings. MASSÉ and TILLER=shoot I simply did not know. And AMERCE, CATALPA and OBEAH are not part … Read more “Times 23,914”
23,913 – blog and pie chart
Solving time 9:08 Not easy, but nothing terribly hard either. COD nominations: 1D and 17, both for fitting clever changes of word meanings into smooth surfaces. Across 1 SOLE,CISM = M(u)SIC rev. 9 DAN – … Read more “23,913 – blog and pie chart”
Times 23,912 – Run of the Mill?
Around 15 minutes for me, which suggests there will be some fast times today: on the one hand this puzzle required some, to my mind, fairly obscure knowledge in the fields of ancient history, religion, … Read more “Times 23,912 – Run of the Mill?”
23911 – Good One
Time: 24 minutesI found this pretty easy but there was plenty of fun to be had along the way.Although I didn’t write it in, I couldn’t get Paraguay out of my thinking for 1A – … Read more “23911 – Good One”
ST 4275 (Sun May 4) – E for ‘aura’
Solving time: 2:43 An easy puzzle but I just missed a PB, which is very disappointing. A mistake in the clue for 8dn, which is also disappointing. * = anagram, “X” = sounds like ‘X’. … Read more “ST 4275 (Sun May 4) – E for ‘aura’”
Advertising my own stuff
Tucked away in the comments for yesterday’s puzzle was a suggestion that non-Brit solvers needing tips on cricket and the like should have a look at a web-page I wrote a few years ago. It’s … Read more “Advertising my own stuff”
Saturday Times – 23904
This one wasn’t easy but didn’t seem too bad by comparison with 23898, the previous Saturday’s beast. Luckily I knew the two long book titles and the saying at 7dn came readily to mind, but … Read more “Saturday Times – 23904”
Times Crossword Championship 2008: 2nd qualifier
Solving time : let’s keep this one to ourselves. I found this more difficult than qualifier 1 Across 1 P(e)ACEMAKER 6 WASTE: two definitions 9 DORIS: I in Diana DORS. Is this a sign to … Read more “Times Crossword Championship 2008: 2nd qualifier”
23909 – Able was I…. to solve it again
A very lively puzzle that took me the best part of an hour to complete. I found it quirky but highly enjoyable and satisfying because everything seemed fair. I have (for once) no real quibbles … Read more “23909 – Able was I…. to solve it again”