Author: keriothe

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”

21:50. I’m on holiday at the moment so I’ve got plenty of the stuff on my hands, but somehow I have found it more difficult than usual to find the time to write my blog. … Read more “Sunday Times 4756 by David McLean”

9:36. Pretty straightforward stuff, this, but I enjoyed it a lot. I can’t entirely put my finger on why but it just flowed very nicely. There’s very little by way of obscurity, although I didn’t … Read more “Sunday Times 4754 by Jeff Pearce”

20:48. Another excellent puzzle from Dean, and for my money a perfect level of challenge for a Sunday: tricky without being an absolute stinker. Actually I like an absolute stinker too, but my kids get … Read more “Sunday Times 4752 by Dean Mayer”

17:12. I’m writing this on a train from Cardiff to London immediately after solving the puzzle, so unlike last time I can actually remember something about it. I started quite quickly, and after five or … Read more “Sunday Times 4750 by David McLean”

18:08. I am writing this yesterday: I have been on holiday this week, so have not had time for the blog until now. As a result I can’t really remember much about the solve. My … Read more “Sunday Times 4748 by Jeff Pearce”

30:01. I struggled mightily with this, feeling miles off the wavelength all the way through. I did enjoy it though, in a masochistic kind of way. Going through it to write up the blog, as … Read more “Sunday Times 4746 by Dean Mayer”

The club timer shows 14:46 for this, but I lost my internet connection halfway through, so all the answers disappeared on submission and I had to type them in again. So about 11-12 minutes allowing … Read more “Sunday Times 4744 by David McLean”

This took me a little under 10 minutes, so from my perspective at least it wasn’t a difficult puzzle. But that is no bad thing, and I really enjoyed solving this one. It’s mostly impeccably … Read more “Sunday Times 4742 by Jeff Pearce”