Author: keriothe

DNF

13:51, but with one silly error. I know perfectly well how to spell the town on the Isle of Wight but somehow allowed my false assumption about how to spell the golf tournament override that knowledge. Drat.

11:13. I really enjoyed this puzzle, and writing the blog up it was striking how simple many of the clues are. It’s a real model of concise elegance.

Welcome to the new home of Times for the Times. It’s great to have this brilliant new site up and running, and an honour to be one of the first to post.

12:26. Another excellent puzzle. There were one or two in this one that I found a bit odd, but if that’s the price for Dean’s extraordinary creativity it’s one I’m happy to pay. What a great setter he is.

12:30. A fairly gentle puzzle from Bob this week, with several very simply-constructed clues and no difficult words other than 27ac, which is very clearly indicated. Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated like (TIHS)*, anagram indicators … Read more “Sunday Times 5002 by Robert Price”

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”