Solving time: 25 minutes – with two errors Lots of tough clues, interestingly constructed clues, and simply brilliant clues. My favourites included 10 (AIR KISSES), 13 (KING JAMES BIBLE), 4 (ANAGRAM), 14 (NILE GREEN) and … Read more “Times 23,806 – too good for me”
23,805 – setter wins on 7D?
Solving time 15:40 A fairly sluggish time for this one as two crossing pairs of answers kept me thinking for quite a while at the end – 3/11 and then 12/7. Like jimbo, I found … Read more “23,805 – setter wins on 7D?”
Times 23804/moo cow
Sometimes jet-lag is a good thing — I was up at 3am solving this. And my mind was totally clear, so it went quite fast (modulo DEEMSTER) — the thing about jet-lag is that once … Read more “Times 23804/moo cow”
23803
Solving time: 43m30sI don’t have much time this morning, so a very quick write-up follows. I haven’t checked everything, so feel free to correct any mistakes. Also there are a couple where I don’t understand … Read more “23803”
ST 4257
Last week’s Sunday Times is due for blogging tomorrow. Unfortunately I may not be able to post tomorrow. If I can’t, I’ll try to do so on Monday. If it hasn’t appeared by Tuesday, it … Read more “ST 4257”
Times Jumbo 732 (Dec 22)
Anyone still remember this one? Only 2 weeks ago but we’ve had four more Jumbos since then. Just a brief entry for this then, although if you need explanations for any I miss, leave a … Read more “Times Jumbo 732 (Dec 22)”
Times Saturday 23796 (29 Dec)
Solving time 26:55 I was held up for over 10 minutes on the last answer because I put FAST BOWLER in quite early for 22A, which left T?C?E for 23D. There were plenty of good … Read more “Times Saturday 23796 (29 Dec)”
Times Crossword House Style
This is a list of points about the Times puzzle that differ from at least some other cryptic xwds. (Posts with information like this that should be good advice for ever will be stored under … Read more “Times Crossword House Style”
23801 – Hay ho!
I found this one much easier to complete than to explain. It took me about 40 minutes but I was rather distracted by the number of answers going in that I couldn’t fully justify at the … Read more “23801 – Hay ho!”
COWPOW 8
It will arrive at some point once login problems at The Times are sorted out. A list of 15 candidates is ready (although it may be whittled down slightly) – just need to somehow access … Read more “COWPOW 8”