Author: daveperry

Solving time: 35:28 – Held up at the end in the NW corner, today. Specifically by 5a. 5d & 6. I normally find Tim’s quite tough and hard-going. But this one was most enjoyable. 30 … Read more “Sunday Times 4477 (18 Mar 2012) – Ooooh, Matron!”

Solving time: 36:03 I found plenty to like here without it being too tough. No new additions to my vocabulary, which is unusual, although MARATHONER was a derivative that I can’t recall having come across … Read more “Sunday Times 4476 (11 Mar 2012)”

Solving time: 48:30 was the official time, but realistically more like 30-35 minutes. I was solving online on Sunday night, but I had to go and empty the washing machine part way through and forgot … Read more “Sunday Times 4475 (4 Mar 2012)”

Solving time: 45:41 I forgot to write the blog at the time, so I’m afraid I’m having to write it a week after I solved it, and I can’t remember much about how I found … Read more “Sunday Times 4474 (26 Feb 2012)”

Solving time: 1:11:27 There was a lot here that I found tricky, as is often the case with Dean’s puzzles, and I was never going to post a quick time, but I get stuck in … Read more “Sunday Times 4473 (19 Feb 2012) – Crashed due to pilot error”

Solving time: 45:07 Since the ST has started publishing the setter’s name, I have, like many others I’m sure, gained a gut reaction to each name giving me an expectation of how much I’m likely … Read more “Sunday Times 4472 (12 Feb 2012)”