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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?”

18:47. Another very enjoyable puzzle from Dean. I thought this was a relatively gentle offering by his standards, but others seem to have found it a bit harder. Perhaps it helps that I’m of the … Read more “Sunday Times 4656 by Dean Mayer – The Sun Always Shines On Bill Withers”

I write this (or rather post it – I’ve been picking away at it all week) from Toronto Pearson airport, waiting for my flight home from holiday. So I’m feeling a bit glum, but I … Read more “Sunday Times 4654 by Tim Moorey – where’s Ralph?”

Greetings from Canada. I am writing this blog sitting by a lake listening to the call of the loons and sipping a glass of Rioja. Things could be worse. Solving conditions were rather less ideal, … Read more “Sunday Times 4652 by Jeff Pearce”

21.05. I found this relatively tough, but not excessively so, which is exactly what I want on a Sunday morning. Judging by comments on the club site and a time that is well within two … Read more “Sunday Times 4650 by Dean Mayer”

9:34 on the club timer. Tim Moorey has produced quite a lot of straightforward, ‘vanilla’ puzzles of late, and this is another. As ever though this is in no way intended as a criticism. If … Read more “Sunday Times 4648 by Tim Moorey”

I came to this with an almighty hangover, which explains what turned out to be a relatively (to others on the leaderboard) sluggish time of 12:23 for an easy puzzle. Many of these clues are … Read more “Sunday Times 4646 by Jeff Pearce”