I have thought about entering the Times Xword Championship, but it seems to me it could be a fairly expensive way of being ritually humiliated! �15 to enter ( 4 shots at that) + an extra �10 if one actually turns up and takes part. It usually takes me just over 30 mins to finish a Times puzzle - the last 2 Championship entry ones took me 34 & 35 mins. I know the real experts finish them in under 10 minutes so I'm obviously not actually trying to win the thing, but I wonder if it might be fun. What does anyone else think?