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11:56, slowed down considerably by a justifiable but wrong answer at 7dn, which made the unknown (to me) painting at 20ac difficult to get. Eventually I realised that the anagrist didn’t contain an E so … Read more “Sunday Times 4724 by Jeff Pearce”

I normally try to do these blogs soon after solving the puzzle. At the very least I will make a start, which generally means reading through the clues to make sure I understand everything and … Read more “Sunday Times 4722 by Dean Mayer”

This took me a little over half an hour, which counts as hard for me. I don’t seem to have been alone in finding it tricky, although Magoo and Jason both polished it off in … Read more “Sunday Times 4720 by David McLean”

Well I did this in exactly 6 minutes, which didn’t put me anywhere near the top of the leaderboard, so I think it would be fair to say that this puzzle was easy. I don’t … Read more “Sunday Times 4718 by Jeff Pearce”

29:12. Another absolutely superb puzzle from Dean Mayer this week. I found it very tough, but a real delight to solve. As so often seems to be the case, I spent absolutely ages on my … Read more “Sunday Times 4716 by Dean Mayer”

16:35 on the club timer: not too bad for one of Harry’s puzzles, and this was another in his fresh and distinctive style. Sometimes the wordplay (as in 1ac) or the definitions (as in 19ac) … Read more “Sunday Times 4714 by David McLean”

10:34. A fairly gentle offering from Jeff Pearce this week, but none the less enjoyable for that. I was slowed down a bit by misspelling the little fella at 8dn: I put RUMPLE instead of … Read more “Sunday Times 4712 by Jeff Pearce”

26:10. I found this hard, but it was immensely enjoyable. Another Dean Mayer masterpiece, in fact. He has such a knack for writing clues that seem completely baffling and impenetrable until you look at them … Read more “Sunday Times 4710 by Dean Mayer – not so simple”

I normally write this blog during the week, and set the timer so that it will be posted at 1am on Sunday. For one reason or another I have not had time this week, so … Read more “Sunday Times 4708 – bleeurgh”

9:36, but with one stupid error: I put CASES at 24dn. It sort of works, if you’ve an eye to finishing in under 10 minutes, and make a connection between ‘requests’ and CASES in a … Read more “Sunday Times 4706 by Jeff Pearce”