Author: keriothe

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”

9:53. A fairly straightforward puzzle from Harry this week, with nothing unknown to me in the answers and only one unfamiliar city in the wordplay. A few rather painfully topical clues in this age of … Read more “Sunday Times 4900 by David McLean – pandemic edition”

22:20. I’m writing this on Saturday evening, having just watched Brief Encounter with my wife. I’d like to thank jackkt in particular and others for recommending it, because it is a really wonderful movie. The … Read more “Sunday Times 4898 by Dean Mayer”