Author: Guy du Sable

Nothing very exotic here, though I wasn’t sure when working this that I’d ever seen, let alone eaten, a DRUPE (turns out this is a kind of fruit, not a specific variety). Some of the … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic No 4911 by Robert Price — DIVERSIONARY tactics”

This was an enjoyable way to pass a little time, though certainly not one of this setter’s most challenging. My biggest difficulty when I worked it last Saturday night was occasioned by an Internet outage … Read more “Sunday Times 4909, by David McLean — We are amused”

Take a deep breath… it’s really a BREEZE! For some reason, this puzzle seemed a lot harder at first (I didn’t even see the hidden word—what else could it have been?!) than it turned out … Read more “Sunday Times 4907, by Dean Mayer — Going Up ’T Country”

(The actual title of the 2003 Bob Dylan film directed by Larry Charles is a bit redundant, methinks.) With a long one going in early on and only one slightly unusual word here, this was … Read more “Sunday Times No 4905, by Robert Price — Masked and Antonymous”

Well, this one gave me a bit to think about. Although there are a couple clues, right next to each other, whose construction I found unusual (a rather goofy &lit that may cast aspersions on … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic No 4903 by David McLean — Sneaking suspicions”

In this puzzle I was delighted to find, like a shiny prize at the bottom of the Cracker Jack box, a word heretofore utterly unknown to me, and which I can’t even imagine running across … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4901, by Dean Mayer — Paint It, Red”

Has it already been two weeks since I last blogged? Seems like only yesterday… Although the time before mid-March seems long ago and far away. Hope you’re all well and staying safe. I’m writing this … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4899, by Robert Price — On the (short)wavelength”

Not only am I (are we) virtually confined to quarters—at best allowed out for a little while each day to STRETCH ONE’S LEGS—but my ancient printer has decided to die on me, so I haven’t … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4897, by David McLean — That rainy day feeling again”

I hope everyone here and their loved ones are well and safe. Having a distraction like a good crossword puzzle in a time like this can be a godsend. To tackle a problem for which … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4895, by Dean Mayer — Golden archness”

Bob was in great form with this outing, giving us no less than three well-crafted &lits (some puzzles don’t even give us a slightly clumsy one), and some diabolically devious cluing (21 and 2D stand … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic No 4893, 8 III 2020, by Robert Price — Literally amazing”