Author: keriothe

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”

8:38. Not a difficult puzzle but a fun solve, partly because of the unusual grid: apart from the long ones across and down the middle all the answers are eight-letter words, and if you can … Read more “Sunday Times 4896 by Robert Price – off the grid”

9:40. Greetings from a quarantined household. One of my kids developed a persistent dry cough a little under a week ago (he’s fine – the cough disappeared without any other symptoms) so we’ve been confined … Read more “Sunday Times 4894 by David McLean”