Author: keriothe

23:11. I spent a very high proportion of my time on two clues: 13ac and 5ac. I’m not really sure why: it’s just a question of looking at them the right way. I didn’t manage … Read more “Sunday Times 4704 by Dean Mayer – outta sight”

37:15, with one error. This was rather a controversial crossword, generating an awful lot of comment on the club site, much of it negative. The football theme was not welcomed by a lot of people, … Read more “Sunday Times 4702 by David McLean – special one”

9:59. Pretty straightforward stuff from Jeff Pearce this week, but enjoyable for all that: I thought this was a very neatly put-together puzzle. Some easy clues, but also a smattering of things that were new … Read more “Sunday Times 4700 by Jeff Pearce – cushty”

The club timer says I took 18:27 to solve this. I think I was interrupted a couple of times by the kids but still, having gone through all the clues to write this blog, I … Read more “Sunday Times 4698 by Dean Mayer – hey hey Mama”

18:12. Well well, what a naughty puzzle! Male strippers, randy lords, hen parties, drugs, booze, S&M, swearing… I was in need of smelling salts by the end of it. Polite drawing room conversation this ain’t! … Read more “Sunday Times 4696 by David McLean – the Private Eye drawing room?”

13:06. A reasonably gentle puzzle from Jeff this week. There were a couple of unknowns for me (GYRFALCON, WINGDING), an unusual abbreviation for a rather obscure unit of length, and one slightly questionable definition, but … Read more “Sunday Times 4694 by Jeff Pearce”

12m. An unusually gentle offering from Dean this week. No unknowns for me, and it all flowed smoothly with no major hold-ups. But we don’t need to be tortured every week and I found this … Read more “Sunday Times 4692 by Dean Mayer – a 10ac 9dn”

21:49. I felt I was making heavy weather of this, but I found it very enjoyable. Writing up the blog afterwards I couldn’t for the life of me see what I had found so hard, … Read more “Sunday Times 4690 by David McLean – all in the game, yo, all in the game”

26:52. Another fine effort from Jeff Pearce, and one that gave me a good deal of trouble. Most of it went in reasonably smoothly, but then I found myself badly stuck in the south-east corner … Read more “Sunday Times 4688 by Jeff Pearce – a sting ray in the tail”

27:44. Another tricky one from Dean, and highly enjoyable as always. He has a knack for writing clues that I at least find completely baffling until the penny drops. Bog-standard cryptic crossword setting this ain’t. … Read more “Sunday Times 4686 by Dean Mayer – lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch’entrate”