Author: Guy du Sable

A few weeks ago, French citoyen Christophe Février acquired, for €8,000, a mid-nineteenth-century edition (for which Lady Gaga had once made a bid) of Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin’s humane invention. For a month or so now there has … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4809, by Dean Mayer — I’m Telling You”

Shall we count the UKisms? The idiom that answers 2 down (my FOI), as well as MCC in the clue; the two “T”s in ACTUATE (which are why this was my LOI); BISH for “mistake”; … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4807, by David McLean—Idiomatic for the People”

I enoyed this a lot more than the last Pearce entry it was my duty to blog. No complaints this time about any of the double definitions (or anything else). Nothing too far out, but … Read more “Sunday Times 4805, by Jeff Pearce — He lives!”

In this batch of succinct, often witty clues, we have four excellent examples of double definitions, two that use disparate senses of the same word (23a and 6d) and two that involve homonyms (17 and … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4803, by Dean Mayer — No escheating!”

I have every expectation that some of the infallible wits here will come up with some clever remarks about some of these clues, where I have utterly failed. But honestly, it all seems a bit … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4801, by David McLean — Getchyer marketing cream here”

Hi, y’all! I am honored to have been asked to fill an alternate-Sunday slot here. The puzzle for my inaugural effort seems rather easy, with a large number of clues being very simple and short … Read more “Sunday Times Cryptic 4799, by Jeff Pearce — Atonal of love”