This was a rocking good time, posing no problems but prompting some thought, with the added spice of an apparent theme.
Author: Guy du Sable
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5109 by Dean Mayer — anything the matter?
Quite enjoyable, with no serious problems, and I particularly liked the smooth meld of anagrist with creative anagrinds.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5107 — PlayTime
This was a romp! By which I do not mean it was terribly easy—where’s the fun in that?
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5105 by David McLean — slow Sunday
Hmm. There’s nothing complicated about these clues, which I am looking back on nearly a week after my… leisurely solving experience, as I ask myself, What took so long?
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5103 by Dean Mayer — Not a word wasted
Clues succinct and densely packed, somewhat like koans, hard to crack.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5101 by Robert Price — FOUND DOG
This was great fun, albeit fairly easy. We are given a nice variety of clue types.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5099 by David McLean — Any Questions?
Some of these clues kept me guessing for a while, and delightfully so.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5097 by Dean Mayer — climbing K2
This surely isn’t “objectively” as hard a puzzle as it seemed to me last Saturday night. It would be extremely hyperbolic to call it a “Savage Mountain,” but it was a worthy challenge that I survived unscathed.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5095 by Robert Price — sustenance
Took a few moments to find the wavelength, but I soon had a steady signal, as usual when Bob’s at the transmitter.
Sunday Times Cryptic No 5093 by David McLean — crime and punishment
Hmm… I detect a theme here.