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27:28. Phew! That was tough, but also absolutely superb. So many clues that appeared completely baffling until the eventual PDM (penny-dropping moment), but none of the difficulty is a result of obscure vocabulary. Loads of … Read more “Sunday Times 4932 by Robert Price”

DNF. I found this quite hard and ended up with a blank at 1ac. I could see that ‘police’ corresponded to what turned out to be the answer but I couldn’t see anything in the … Read more “Sunday Times 4930 by David McLean – ‘Allo ‘Allo ‘Allo!”

20:34. I found this hard overall, but most of the difficulty was with a relatively small number of clues. I got badly stuck in the NE corner with the unknown LOGIA, the slightly odd 6ac, … Read more “Sunday Times 4928 by Dean Mayer”

8:47. I completely forgot that it was my turn to blog until the last minute, so I am writing this hurriedly late on Saturday evening and I’m going to have to keep comments to a … Read more “Sunday Times 4926 by Robert Price”

7:43. A pretty easy one from Harry this week, without much by way of talking points. Mostly familiar vocabulary although I don’t remember coming across 8dn before. I’m not entirely sure of my parsing of … Read more “Sunday Times 4924 by David McLean”

20:41. Brilliant stuff from Dean this week. One of the hallmarks of a really great puzzle for me is that when I go to blog it a few days after solving, a lot of the … Read more “Sunday Times 4922 by Dean Mayer – One Hand in my Pocket”

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”