Solved in 33 mins, which I was pretty pleased with. I didn’t have a very good time last week – three puzzles which I didn’t finish without resorting to dictionary or web.I thought this might … Read more “23845 – doctors and actors”
Jumbo 741 (Sat 9 Feb) – Flamed out
Solving time: 12:00 This was probably the easiest Jumbo I’ve seen – but for 51dn I’d finished in about 7:50. Unfortunately it took me another four minutes to spot the answer to that (and even … Read more “Jumbo 741 (Sat 9 Feb) – Flamed out”
Mephisto 2477
I solved this on Tuesday, when it was still not available from the Crossword Club pages but could be found using the Search facility from the main Times website. Actually I sent in a complaint … Read more “Mephisto 2477”
ST 4264 (Sun 17 Feb) – Bowled out
Solving time: 15 mins I had a bit of a shocker on this, especially on 27dn (BOWL) and in the top left where I got stuck on 1ac (STALWART), 2dn (ANIMAL) and 9ac (DRIFTERS?). Clarification … Read more “ST 4264 (Sun 17 Feb) – Bowled out”
Times Saturday 23838 (Feb 16)
Solving time – 12:17 Definitely one for the musical/arts mafia this week. Excellent puzzle though, nothing that required any specialist knowledge really. Across 1 LEWIS,CAR,ROLL – I assume the first children’s author is C.S. Lewis, … Read more “Times Saturday 23838 (Feb 16)”
Bird on a box
This cute little feller is part of the the ‘bird on a box’ picture that accompanies 404 / file not found errors on the Times Online site. In theory I’m breaching copyright, but I coudn’t … Read more “Bird on a box”
COD bonus puzzle
This is just a louder endorsement than the one already given by dorset_jimbo for Anax’s first COD bonus puzzle. If you trek over to his Times COD site, you’ll find it. Haven’t finished it yet … Read more “COD bonus puzzle”
23,843 – floundered
Solving time – 16:35 (with one answer missing). Well, I managed to fill the grid reasonably quickly (except for 27a) but a lot of answers went in as semi-confident guesses as I didn’t understand some … Read more “23,843 – floundered”
Times 23,842
Solving time: 17:44 Found this rather tricky. Some odd words cropping up. I don’t know if I have come across ETCHANT before, so having such interesting wordplay was a challenge. And LOGE (box) and PETER … Read more “Times 23,842”
23,841 – pangrammatic poser
Solving time:23 minutes when unwisely solved late last night. I thnk it should have taken about 15. Lots of fiendish clues – it was quite hard to find a few to miss out. Given the … Read more “23,841 – pangrammatic poser”