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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”

12:29. A relatively gentle offering from Dean this week, but still of the usual high quality. Nothing very obscure, although the insect noise at 6dn was new to me, and perhaps PICAROON isn’t quite an … Read more “Sunday Times 4764 by Dean Mayer – a monkey without a spatula”

11:30. No real problems this week, and another nice puzzle from our friend Harry. A number of neat touches but I particularly like the ‘split up’ device in 15dn. This is another puzzle with a … Read more “Sunday Times 4762 by David McLean”

DNF. I struggled with this, for reasons I largely can’t see now that I come to write up the blog. I failed at the end on FOIE GRAS, and I’m reasonably clear on why I … Read more “Sunday Times 4760 by Jeff Pearce – O Captain! My Captain!”

10:53. The new Puzzle Club doesn’t give scores or leaderboard positions for competition puzzles until the solution is published, so I don’t know whether my time for this puzzle is relatively fast or slow, or … Read more “Sunday Times 4758 by Dean Mayer”