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13:26. Nothing too taxing here, but for the second time in a row I have the blogger’s nightmare of being unable to explain something. In fact this week there are two clues I don’t understand … Read more “Sunday Times 4796 by Jeff Pearce”

14:51. I didn’t find this particularly difficult but I enjoyed it immensely. Lots of witty and consummately elegant clues, as we have come to expect from Dean. It’s always hard to pick a favourite, which … Read more “Sunday Times 4794 by Dean Mayer”

8:31. This was a pretty straightforward puzzle, but a lot of fun to solve. Lots of great clues but 3dn is a particular highlight. So many thanks to Harry, and here’s how I think it … Read more “Sunday Times 4792 by David McLean – cryptic boogaloo”

21:48. I’m afraid I can’t remember much about this. I do remember that I found it mostly very straightforward apart from a small number of stubborn clues at the end of the solve, but I … Read more “Sunday Times 4790 by Jeff Pearce”

59:50. Well that was an absolute stinker, the hardest Times or Sunday Times puzzle for a very long time, for me at least. I came close to giving up, but the fact I was due … Read more “Sunday Times 4788 by Dean Mayer – ça va pas, non?”

20:59. I seem to have found this quite tricky, but I can’t remember anything about the solve. I’ve had a ridiculously busy week and didn’t get a chance to do the blog until last night … Read more “Sunday Times 4786 by David McLean – what’s the story 12dn?”

14:26. Nothing terribly difficult this week, but there were a few unfamiliar words and phrases to slow me down a little. Quite a lot of unfamiliar words actually, making for an interesting puzzle, but there … Read more “Sunday Times 4784 by Jeff Pearce – Schrödinger’s artichoke”

25:30. I will be brief today because I have been struck down very suddenly by some sort of lurgi. I’m just glad I did most of this blog earlier in the week. I don’t really … Read more “Sunday Times 4782 by Dean Mayer”

14:52. My first reaction when I opened this puzzle was panic: on the basis of the usual rotation I was expecting a Jeff Pearce puzzle, but for some reason we got another David McLean. My … Read more “Sunday Times 4780 by David McLean”

27:30. For the first time ever I managed to remember that the Sunday puzzle that appears just before Christmas is a jumbo, so I was able to give myself plenty of time to solve it. … Read more “Sunday Times Christmas Cryptic 4778 by David McLean”