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10 minutes on the nose, but with one ‘error’. I whizzed through most of this, but was slowed down a little by a couple of clues. The first was 9ac, where I could see what … Read more “Sunday Times 4676 by Jeff Pearce – no bawl”

26:12. I found this decidedly challenging, but also very enjoyable. As I and others have commented before, Jeff Pearce really seems to have upped his game in recent months. Not all of this seems to … Read more “Sunday Times 4674 by Jeff Pearce – Hertz So Good”

This is Tim Moorey’s last crossword for the Sunday Times, so it is rather fitting that I fell hook, line and sinker for the trap he set the unwary solver, allowing Tim to 5dn as … Read more “Sunday Times 4672 by Tim Moorey – so long and thanks for all the 14ac”

DNF. I did most of this very quickly, but then came to a grinding halt at 8dn, where I didn’t know the word and the clue contains an error that makes it unsolvable. Rather annoying, … Read more “Sunday Times 4670 by Jeff Pearce – when a plan doesn’t quite come together”

14:56. A relatively gentle one from Dean this week, but a very fine and enjoyable puzzle nonetheless. As ever with Dean there are one or two somewhat loose things in here. For instance I struggled … Read more “Sunday Times 4668 by Dean Mayer”

15:37. I remember finding this mostly easy, but then getting quite seriously held up by a few at the end. However I can’t now remember which ones! The unknown 13dn was one of them. I … Read more “Sunday Times 4666 by Tim Moorey – elementary my dear”

24:19. I always used to associate Jeff Pearce with straightforward, plain vanilla puzzles. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course: variety is the spice of life, need to cater to all abilities, no-one wants a … Read more “Sunday Times 4664 by Jeff Pearce – an embarrassment of hitches”

23:13. I found this decidedly tricky but for reasons I can’t now understand. Some of it is arguably a bit stretched or loose, which might explain it in part, but I didn’t notice most of … Read more “Sunday Times 4662 by Dean Mayer – have done with childish Day-O”

Another plain vanilla one from Tim Moorey which I polished off in 12:11. After last week’s stinker from Dean I feel like I’ve dodged a bullet. This puzzle came in for some stick on the … Read more “Sunday Times 4660 by Tim Moorey: short in duration”

24:15. I really struggled with this one, and was thinking to myself that it was another in the run of more challenging puzzles we’ve seen from Jeff Pearce of late. However from the leaderboard it … Read more “Sunday Times 4658 by Jeff Pearce: Punt and Venice?”