Across 1 SCATTERBRAINED – how do you make it? You ‘scatter’ BREADIN* is how. 12 WATERMARK – W(ith) A TERM ARK. 13 ESCARGOT – true, not much is slower than a snail – CARGO in … Read more “Times 23,840 – A late Valentine”
Times Club – e-mail from the Times Editor
Today, a letter from James Harding, Editor of The Times, was sent to all crossword club members. Here’s what it said Dear Mr MemberSurname, This is a letter of apology. I know that you have … Read more “Times Club – e-mail from the Times Editor”
23839 – Testing
I did this in a few installments over the day. Probably about an hour altogether – I never really got going.I did really enjoy it, although I think it was one of the harder Mondays … Read more “23839 – Testing”
Mephisto 2476 – Mike Laws – THAT problem!
Solving time: about 1hr 30m Tough puzzle. This took me 3 sittings to complete, and after sittings 1 and 2 I had gone away scratching my head over a few things – also hindered by what I … Read more “Mephisto 2476 – Mike Laws – THAT problem!”
ST 4263 (Sun 10 Feb) – Pro errata
Solving time: 6:30 Some good clues in this. As usual, this puzzle contained ERRATA, but for once only as a clue answer (15ac) – there were no editorial howlers this week (that I spotted, anyway). … Read more “ST 4263 (Sun 10 Feb) – Pro errata”
Times Saturday 23832 (Feb 9)
Solving time 15:12 Should have been quicker, but I got stuck for a while on the last two to go in, 19 across and down, mainly because I couldn’t see why 19d should be GENERAL … Read more “Times Saturday 23832 (Feb 9)”
Times 23837 – Phew!
This took me a good hour but I probably spent longer working out the clues whilst solving than I normally would. There was some lovely stuff along the way and only a couple of queries or … Read more “Times 23837 – Phew!”
Times 23,836
Solving time: 9:44 Good fun. I filled in about three quarters of it pretty quickly but slowed for the north-east corner. If only I had been able to solve the anagram at 6 (ORCHESTRATE) on … Read more “Times 23,836”
23,835 – challenging but still lovely
Solving time: 12:54 Hardest of the month so far I think, but also one of the best. Had to wait until about 14A for my first answer, and then needed a minute or two on … Read more “23,835 – challenging but still lovely”
Times 23834 Ancient Arcane Alphabets
Solving time : 40 minutes Some obscure stuff today and one or two clues such as 24 down that would not be out of place in Mephisto. We have two old alphabets and an old … Read more “Times 23834 Ancient Arcane Alphabets”