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9:58. A pretty gentle one from Dean this week, but of the usual high quality. Nothing terribly difficult or obscure, but a couple of uncommon usages (floss, faction, cat) to keep the interest level up. … Read more “Sunday Times 4876 by Dean Mayer”

19:24. A tricky and interesting puzzle from Harry this week. Most of these clues are really very straightforward, but they throw you (OK me) off track by deploying slightly off-beat or unexpected meanings of words. … Read more “Sunday Times 4874 by David McLean”

7:09. A pretty easy one from Bob this week, but none the worse for that. There are lots of fun and creative clues in here, starting with a neat ‘answer as clue’ number at 1ac … Read more “Sunday Times 4872 by Robert Price”

17:15. A corker of a puzzle from Dean this week. One of those that seem quite hard at the time, but look entirely simple and obvious when you go back and look at the clues … Read more “Sunday Times 4870 by Dean Mayer”

17:01. I have had a very busy week so left this very late, and now can’t remember much about it. I also can’t see why it took me so long: looking at the clues now … Read more “Sunday Times 4868 by David McLean”

17:35. Due to an oversight at the Times this puzzle didn’t appear until Monday, and I didn’t get round to solving it until a day or two later. I found it quite tricky, for reasons … Read more “Sunday Times 4866 by Robert Price – slight return”

14:35. This was pretty much the perfect Sunday puzzle: not too easy, not too hard, full of concise and witty clues. Just what I wanted with my coffee on a Sunday morning before a full … Read more “Sunday Times 4864 by Dean Mayer”

5:48. The easiest Sunday puzzle I can remember. I didn’t really mind: I’ve been on holiday and have been far too busy doing nothing to find time for crosswords. In fact as I finally sit … Read more “Sunday Times 4862 by David McLean”

23.32. I’m on holiday this week, so will keep it brief. I found this puzzle quite hard, but a lot of fun to solve. Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated like (TIHS)*, anagram indicators are in … Read more “Sunday Times 4860 by Robert Price”

26:48. A stiff challenge from Dean this weak. He has a way of finding slightly off-the-wall definitions for things that create a lot of head-scratching followed by the dropping of pennies. Occasionally (as in 18dn … Read more “Sunday Times 4858 by Dean Mayer – oh brother who art thou”