Author: keriothe

10:57. No real problems with this puzzle, just a smattering of slightly trickier ones in amongst some pretty straightforward double definitions and suchlike. There are two clues in this puzzle that rely on the idea … Read more “Sunday Times 4736 – horseman hawk and hound”

19.33. Another very fine puzzle from Dean this week. I found it tricky, with numerous clues that had me scratching my head until the penny dropped. Looking at them now, as I write up the … Read more “Sunday Times 4734 by Dean Mayer”

13:30. Another fairly straightforward puzzle this week, so another week in which I have avoided silly error. There seem to be quite a few straightforward anagrams in this one, and there is nothing terribly obscure. … Read more “Sunday Times 4732 by David McLean – leave the gun”

9:29. A gentle offering from Jeff Pearce this week, and I’m pleased to report that my submission was all correct, which makes it unlikely that I am going to make quite as much of a … Read more “Sunday Times 4730 by Jeff Pearce”

DNF. I found this generally quite tricky, but had all but two clues solved in something like fifteen minutes. I then spent another ten or fifteen staring in increasing desperation at 12dn and 19dn. I … Read more “Sunday Times 4728 by Dean Mayer”

I would normally wait a week to post this, but the solution to this puzzle has already been published so I’ll just go ahead, now that I have a little bit of time in which … Read more “Sunday Times 4726 by David McLean”

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”