Author: keriothe

33m. Unusually for a Dean Mayer puzzle I didn’t enjoy this one much at the time: I found it hard, and a bit of a slog. Looking at it now it doesn’t seem that difficult, … Read more “Sunday Times 4680 by Dean Mayer – awe and loathing”

24:12. The second outing for our new setter, and I for one found it a stiff challenge. I had a sense of engaging with a new and unfamiliar setting mind, and struggling to find the … Read more “Sunday Times 4678 by David McLean – do you think you can tell?”

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”