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12:33. A characteristically witty puzzle from Bob this week. I think my favourite clues were the outrageous 2dn and the brilliant 21dn, but there’s lots of fun stuff in here. Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated … Read more “Sunday Times 4920 by Robert Price”

14:57. A thoroughly enjoyable of medium difficulty, thank you Harry. And other than a few specific points on particular clues below, that’s all I have to say on the matter so I’ll just get on … Read more “Sunday Times 4918 by David McLean”

29:22. I found this extremely hard, for reasons that I can actually put my finger on for a change. Dean’s cryptic definitions are often tricky, and I was particularly slow in seeing them in this … Read more “Sunday Times 4916 by Dean Mayer”

12:28. Another really entertaining puzzle from Bob this week. I particularly liked 12ac, with its deceptive wordplay, and the cryptic definitions. These often attract negative comment but I thought both examples in the long down … Read more “Sunday Times 4914 by Robert Price – source for the gander”

11:57. Nothing too difficult in this one. The unknown coins at 26ac looked very unlikely, even with such crystal-clear wordplay, but more or less everything else was familiar to me. So without further ado… Definitions … Read more “Sunday Times 4912 by David McLean – advance, police cars!”

12:13. A fun puzzle with a clue (12dn) that is pretty much identical to one that appeared in one of Dean’s puzzles that I blogged in March (4892), that was itself almost identical to a … Read more “Dean Mayer 4910 – déjà vu all over again”

DNF. I found this very tricky, and had spent a little over 20 minutes on it when I came to 18ac. I have somehow never come across the Roman name for Ireland (if anything I … Read more “Sunday Times 4908 by Robert Price – back to school”

10:44. Once again I have left it very late to blog this one so I don’t remember much about my solving experience… other than that I enjoyed it. I should really try harder to write … Read more “Sunday Times 4906 by David McLean”

27:36. A blinder of a puzzle from Dean this week. Tough, but very enjoyable. Loads of great clues in here but without doubt 17dn is the pick of the bunch for me. Brilliant! So thank … Read more “Sunday Times 4904 by Dean Mayer”

8:46. A pretty straightforward one from Bob this week, but highly enjoyable with lots of concise and inventive clues. Nothing obscure or difficult, just good clean fun. 12dn appeared in almost identical form in one … Read more “Sunday Times 4902 by Robert Price”