A good crossword to mark my last Times for the Times blog (at least for the time being!). I found this one quite challenging at times with some of the answers sitting on the tip … Read more “23,760 – Bish! Bash! Bosh!”
New bloggers
My appeal the other day was mostly successful. After his final report tomorrow, dhogg’s Friday slot will be shared between jackkt and neildubya who’s already on the sub’s bench. dorsetjimbo and glheard will be sharing … Read more “New bloggers”
Times 23,759
Solving time: 15:10 Lots of clever and funny clues. I might choose the simple 14D as clue of the day. No obscure words, though some less than obvious meanings. One I don’t understand altogether, namely … Read more “Times 23,759”
23,758 – Championship Prelim 2, Puzzle 2
This puzzle seems to have been the main reason for 13 of the first 25 finishers in this prelim making a mistake, with the main culprit WICKET for PICKET at 20D. (See my results – … Read more “23,758 – Championship Prelim 2, Puzzle 2”
Your blog needs you!
We need some new blood on the blogging team. After this Friday’s report we’re losing dhogg – to whom thanks for his work over the last year – and one or two others have said … Read more “Your blog needs you!”
Times 23757 – older slipways
I found the clues to be a mixed bag — lots of easy clues but with quite a few hard ones that slowed me down considerably towards the end. Almost all across clues in the … Read more “Times 23757 – older slipways”
Times 23756
Solving time 20 minutes – a fairly easy start to the week. Across 11 ARABI(A)N SEA(an airbase)* 12 POINT TO POINTERS – my COD; short, amusing and clever 14 FANCY MAN – I’m not sure … Read more “Times 23756”
ST 4249 (Sun 4 Nov) – Bemusing
Solving time: 8:01 Struggled to finish this off, partly because of an error at 17dn, but the long word at 9dn took the most time. Music (8dn): Angel of Harlem by U2. * = anagram, … Read more “ST 4249 (Sun 4 Nov) – Bemusing”
COWPOW (Clue and Puzzle of the week) 1
Here’s our first clue/puzzle of the week poll for real. I’ve tried to choose clues to reflect the views in comments and the overall popularity of the puzzle. Apologies if I’ve missed out your favourite … Read more “COWPOW (Clue and Puzzle of the week) 1”
Times Saturday 23749 (Nov 3)
Solving time 17:48 I found this quite difficult at first and it took me a while to get going – after 10 minutes I only had maybe half a dozen answers in, but eventually the … Read more “Times Saturday 23749 (Nov 3)”