Author: daveperry

Solving time: About 35 minutes, but without full parsing. There were several answers that were obvious from the definitions & checkers, but the wordplay took a while to untangle. I’m thinking of the long ones … Read more “Sunday Times 4565 (25 Nov 2013) by Jeff Pearce”

Solving time: About 24 minutes I found this the complete opposite end of the difficulty spectrum to last week’s fiendish Dean Mayer offering. I rattled through this one very quickly (for me). That’s not to … Read more “Sunday Times 4564 (17 Nov 2013) by Tim Moorey”

Solving time: I have no idea, but probably over two hours all told. I printed it off at the start of the week, and had to keep coming back to it on my many train … Read more “Sunday Times 4563 (10 Nov 2013) by Dean Mayer”

Solving time: About 45 minutes. It took me quite a long time to unscramble the wordplay in 10a, a common problem according to the forum. The only reference that I didn’t know was to the … Read more “Sunday Times 4562 (3 Nov 2013) by Jeff Pearce”

Solving time: About 35 minutes I found this a pretty straightforward solve. There were one or two I wasn’t overly keen on. I didn’t understand the relevance of Peebles in 1a, other than that it’s … Read more “Sunday Times 4561 (27 Oct 2013) by Tim Moorey”

Solving time: I can’t really give a solving time for this one as I did it in bits and pieces while doing other things. I did find it one of Dean’s trickier ones, though, and … Read more “Sunday Times 4560 (20 Oct 2013) by Dean Mayer – One for the thrill-seekers!”