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23:36. A suitably chewy puzzle for a remarkable 9ac. Not as hard as ‘Sunday Times Cross-Word Puzzle No 1’ though, which appeared on the same day and left me with the impression that if I … Read more “Sunday Times 5000 – mmmmm”

11:04. Another lovely puzzle from Mr Price. Not too difficult, but beautifully put together. The next puzzle I blog will be number 5,000. I wonder if Peter B has something special planned for us. Definitions … Read more “Sunday Times 4998 by Robert Price”

15:33. Quite a tricky one from Harry this week, and all the more enjoyable for it. Some fun and quirky definitions, a number of very good cryptic ones, and a particularly brilliant &Lit at 16dn. … Read more “Sunday Times 4996 by David McLean”

17:51. A tricky puzzle, up to Dean’s usual very high standard. I had one error, having been over-hasty to bung in my first thought at 13ac which proved to be wrong. I was a bit … Read more “Sunday Times 4994 by Dean Mayer”

10:41. Another absolutely cracking puzzle from Bob this week. Not particularly hard, but great fun. A couple of particularly brilliant ones I’ve highlighted in the comments. Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated like (TIHS)*, anagram indicators … Read more “Sunday Times 4992 by Robert Price – what rough beast”

15:33. I enjoyed this tricky and rather quirky puzzle, but there are a couple of things I found a bit puzzling (see 5ac, 23ac, 6dn). Any elucidation welcome. Nothing that caused me undue difficulty, although … Read more “Sunday Times 4990 by David McLean”

I was wondering recently how many blogs I had done. I had never kept a record and working it out was always going to be quite fiddly, because there was a fair bit of chopping … Read more “Sunday Times 4988 by Dean Mayer”

18:26. I hope everyone has had a good Christmas, or as good as possible with Omicron interference. What a bore. At least we have challenging and delightful puzzles like this one to distract us. Lots … Read more “Sunday Times 4986 by Robert Price”

9:46. I didn’t find this puzzle particularly hard but I really enjoyed it. Some clever stuff here including (to take a couple of random examples) the excellent cryptic definition across the top row and the … Read more “Sunday Times 4984 by David McLean”

11:39. Another fine puzzle from Dean. Nothing too difficult, but a few unusual words that required attention to wordplay. My last in was 9d, where the answer seemed obvious but the wordplay certainly wasn’t and … Read more “Sunday Times 4982 by Dean Mayer – naughty in My sight”