I didn’t notice while working it last week, but this puzzle has a large number (13!) of enclosure clues. As usual, I went through this in no great haste, taking time to stop and savor … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic No. 4827, by Dean Mayer — Boxing Day?”
Day: 8th December 2018
Times Cryptic No 27210 – Saturday, 01 December 2018. Ah, the good old days!
There might have been a bit of a retro feel to this puzzle. Old scientists, old literature, old poets, old playwrights. I liked the fact that the several such that I didn’t know were gettable … Read more “Times Cryptic No 27210 – Saturday, 01 December 2018. Ah, the good old days!”
Jumbo 1353
Nothing exceptional in this one – a steady solve. If I had to choose a favourite clue I think it would either be 57A or 3D. Across 1 RECORD-BREAKER – double definition, the second slightly … Read more “Jumbo 1353”