That’s “Hello Russian friends?” As some of you will doubtless know already, LiveJournal has been sold to a Russian-based company called SUP. Some concern has been expressed over freedom of speech for the fairly large … Read more “Здравствуйте Российские друзья?”
Times 23777 – Someone alert the Marquis of Queensbury
Solving time : 9 minutes. Gosh, I need to solve these late at night more often! Fun, seemed pretty straightforward, bit of a breather after the last three days. There were a lot of clues … Read more “Times 23777 – Someone alert the Marquis of Queensbury”
23,776 – easy peasy – for a current Wednesday anyway
Solving time: 8:47 After some tough puzzles for this weekly spot, this one was much easier – though I was still held up for a while in the NE corner, where 9, 6, 7 and … Read more “23,776 – easy peasy – for a current Wednesday anyway”
Times 23,775 A Potpourri of Knowledge
Solving time : 45 minutes Quite tricky in parts with some nice clues along the way. I took too long to get 1 down and that held me up.A wide range of knowledge required for … Read more “Times 23,775 A Potpourri of Knowledge”
23,774 – not quite an easy Monday
Solving time: 8:05 I should have clocked a time more like 5:05, but I failed to spot magistrate = doge in 17D, so couldn’t justify PREJUDGE. Far more stupidly, I wrote CR instead of CH … Read more “23,774 – not quite an easy Monday”
Mephisto 2465
Solving time 33:14 I had a marathon solving session the other night, finishing last week’s Times Jumbo, Azed, Spectator and Mephisto one after the other, starting just after midnight and finally going to bed at … Read more “Mephisto 2465”
ST 4252 (Sun 25 Nov) – Tickled a th’ sere
Solving time: 8:50 Mostly straightforward; some good clues today, but very Sunday-Timesey nevertheless. * = anagram. Across 1 TABERNACLE; (BERATE CLAN)* 7 FRAY (double definition) – not sure what the question mark is doing here. … Read more “ST 4252 (Sun 25 Nov) – Tickled a th’ sere”
Times Saturday 23767 (Nov 24)
Looking at the puzzle again this morning I see I forgot to note down my time. Quite annoying really, as I remember it was quite a quick solve, around the 10-minute mark. I got the … Read more “Times Saturday 23767 (Nov 24)”
Mephisto 2464
It appears the_od is having problems with his network so I’ll jump in with a blog for the Mephisto. Net well soon, the_od! I don’t habitually keep solving times for Mephisto, I enjoy the puzzles … Read more “Mephisto 2464”
23772
Solving time: 8:40 An enjoyable puzzle, and mostly straightforward although 20d was tricky and I don’t think I would have got it from the wordplay alone. My COD is probably 25a but 23a was also … Read more “23772”