7:34. No problems this week: nothing too obscure in either definitions or wordplay, the odd minor query here and there but a fun puzzle with some nice touches. Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated like (THIS)*, … Read more “Sunday Times 4832 by Jeff Pearce”
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Sunday Times 4830 by Dean Mayer – Christmas Jumbo
As is traditional at this time of year, the last Sunday Times puzzle to appear before Christmas is a jumbo, and as is also somewhat traditional at this time of year, it’s a bit of … Read more “Sunday Times 4830 by Dean Mayer – Christmas Jumbo”
Sunday Times 4830 by Dean Mayer
Just a quick note for anyone expecting a blog for this puzzle today: as usual at Christmas the closing date for the Sunday puzzle is extended by a week, so the blog will appear on … Read more “Sunday Times 4830 by Dean Mayer”
Bonus Christmas puzzle
For a number of years fellow TfTTer astonvilla1 has compiled a politically-themed crossword for the website/blog politicalbetting.com. He suggested to me that others here might enjoy it, and having test-solved the puzzle for him I … Read more “Bonus Christmas puzzle”
Sunday Times 4828 by David McLean – physician heal thyself
9:54. A very straightforward puzzle from Harry this week, but with some lovely touches. But I’m short of time this week so without further ado… Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated like (THIS)*, anagram indicators like … Read more “Sunday Times 4828 by David McLean – physician heal thyself”
Sunday Times 4826 by Jeff Pearce
13:18. Nothing too hard this week. The bird at 4dn has come up before, including in a puzzle I blogged some time back, and I remembered it. This is perhaps fortunate because the wordplay strikes … Read more “Sunday Times 4826 by Jeff Pearce”
Sunday Times 4824 by Dean Mayer
9:33. This was unusually easy for a Dean Mayer puzzle, as far as I was concerned anyway. There’s been some discussion of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon (also known as the frequency illusion) here lately, and the … Read more “Sunday Times 4824 by Dean Mayer”
Sunday Times 4822 by David McLean – everything else is obsolete
Good morning all. I have been travelling for most of the last week so I have had little time to solve, comment or write my blog. As I result I am typing this on Saturday … Read more “Sunday Times 4822 by David McLean – everything else is obsolete”
Sunday Times 4820 by Jeff Pearce
9:28. A very straightforward puzzle from Jeff this week, so much so that I felt I ought to have done it a bit quicker. A few of these held me up briefly but there were … Read more “Sunday Times 4820 by Jeff Pearce”
Sunday Times 4818 by Dean Mayer
15:24. I didn’t find this too difficult for a Dean Mayer puzzle, which judging by comments on the blogs last weekend is unusual. When this happens, I generally have absolutely no idea why: it’s just … Read more “Sunday Times 4818 by Dean Mayer”