Solving time: 36 mins Not too bad today – I had to look up a couple of unfamiliar words. A few made me smile – and that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? Across 1 … Read more “23,833 – some flowery words”
ST 4262 (Sun 3 Feb) – Essay crisis
Solving time: 8:45 Unless I am very much mistaken there are two faulty clues in this puzzle, 23ac (OSIERS) and 20dn (ESSAYED). That a Sunday broadsheet crossword with a wide circulation and significant prize should … Read more “ST 4262 (Sun 3 Feb) – Essay crisis”
Mephisto 2475 – Chris Feetenby
Most of this fell rather readily, I had to check a few spellings. I like this style of Mephisto where the obscure words have fair wordplay and enough checking letters to give someone of my … Read more “Mephisto 2475 – Chris Feetenby”
Times Jumbo 739 – Thought I was a week late!
Solving time: 36:22 Peter’s “false start” with Jumbo 740 had me disorientated for a while, but after checking the calendar I confirmed that I should be posting this blog this weekend! I enjoyed this Jumbo … Read more “Times Jumbo 739 – Thought I was a week late!”
Times Saturday 23826 (Feb 02)
Solving time 12:55 Almost a pangram, with just the X missing – which is quite surprising as it would have been quite easy to fit the X in, e.g. with NEXT at 25D, changing 28A … Read more “Times Saturday 23826 (Feb 02)”
Jumbo 740 – or not
As the remaining comment points out, I put this up a week too soon. Babs_gee will get credit next week for the explanation she provided to debaffle me on one clue.
23831
Solving time – 16:34 I enjoyed this very much but it was one of those puzzles that I looked at when I’d finished and wondered why it took so long to solve. On reflection, I … Read more “23831”
Changes to Poll procedure
Sorry about this friends, but I’m forced to impose restrictions on posting to the Polls. The forum software allows some minor improvements but I’ve needed some lateral thinking; fingers crossed, what I’ve done won’t be overly … Read more “Changes to Poll procedure”
Times 23830 – the winner was abstergent
Solving time : 10 minutes. Blistering start, and a few proper names snagged me towards the end that had to be worked out using wordplay. Found this one fairly straightforward, clues needed a little thinking … Read more “Times 23830 – the winner was abstergent”
23,829 – another fairly easy one
Solving time: 7:01 One musical mafia clue at 10. The main trouble for me was 4D. COD 5A for me. Across 1 DE TROP = ported rev. 5 SO (ME)WHAT 10 KNIGHT – ref. Sir … Read more “23,829 – another fairly easy one”