NYT (p) 1:48 ... LAT (p) 2:02 ... CS (p) 2:33 ... ND (p) 2:02 ... JON 1:54 ... BEQ (p) 4:37
Paper again, aiming for under two minutes on the three easy puzzles. Just missed on the first two, but got into the right groove on the NYT and lowered my record by one second.
I won't be using paper every day, just got on a little kick there... Probably will print Fri/Sat/Sun most weeks until the ACPT.
4 comments:
I wouldn't be stunned if someone breaks two minutes on ACPT puzzle 1 this year.
I'd be very stunned! Puzzle 1 isn't Monday-easy, and I can't get under 2 minutes without ignoring a handful of clues. Won't take that chance at the ACPT...
last year i didn't even break 3 minutes, so i'm looking forward to being tied for the lead until at least puzzle #2.
A couple of years ago, I thought Puzzle 1 was Monday-level, but you're right, Will has tweaked it up a notch lately.
I try to keep my regular solving technique the same as my ACPT technique because I'd be afraid that I'd slip into bad habits under pressure (not that it helped me in 2005 :-). So, I'm one of those old-fashioned "read every clue, all the time" types.
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