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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”

13:49. Not too many problems with this: a relatively straightforward solve by Dean’s standards. Some interesting and unusual usages though – ‘function’ for CUBIC, ‘pie’ as an anagram indicator – and a couple of unusual … Read more “Sunday Times 4776 by Dean Mayer”

9:27. Straightforward stuff from Harry here. I have been very busy this week, so didn’t get to the blog until yesterday. When this happens I can seldom remember anything about the solve, and so it … Read more “Sunday Times 4774 by David McLean”

10:15. I always used to find Jeff Pearce’s puzzles the easiest of the Sunday cryptic setters, but of late he seems to have upped his game and produced some very fine and difficult puzzles. This … Read more “Sunday Times 4772 by Jeff Pearce”

31:30. I thought this was pretty tough, although I was very tired last Sunday when I attempted it and very nearly dropped off a couple of times. Perhaps because I was half-asleep when solving it … Read more “Sunday Times 4770 by Dean Mayer”

It sometimes gets a little bit quiet round here on Sundays, so I try to liven things up occasionally by stirring up some sort of controversy (however tenuous) to encourage comment and discussion. My intention … Read more “Sunday Times 4768 by David McLean – traitors snark”

Hello all. Nick is off gallivanting somewhere exotic (jealous, me?), so you’ve got me again I’m afraid. This week we have a puzzle that tested the boundaries of good taste on at least two occasions … Read more “Sunday Times 4765 by David McLean – enjoy what you do”