Author: keriothe

33.26. I found this very tough at the time, but going through it nearly a week later I can’t really see why. The unknown Indonesian city and a couple of the clues crossing it caused … Read more “Sunday Times 4617 by Dean Mayer”

8:21. Another straightforward puzzle from Tim Moorey, but that didn’t prevent me from making a horlicks of it with a particularly stupid mistake. Drat. Not much else to say really so I’ll just get on … Read more “Sunday Times 4615 by Tim Moorey”

9:40 for what is largely a plain vanilla puzzle. There’s one I can’t explain though, which is a bit embarrassing. Doubtless someone will be along to help shortly. Across 1 Author‘s strong feelings in intros … Read more “Sunday Times 4613 by Jeff Pearce”

Nice to put some faces to names at the championship yesterday. Unfortunately I seem to have picked up some sort of bug from my kids so wasn’t really in the mood for the pub, but … Read more “Sunday Times 4611 by Dean Mayer – does it hurt? Every time.”

7:49. Another in a run of easy Sunday puzzles. The daily puzzles have been a bit tough for the last few weeks though, so a bit of light relief is welcome. Across 1 One to … Read more “Sunday Times 4609 by Tim Moorey”

Oh dear. My personal crosswording bugbear is when an obscure word is clued in a way that makes it impossible to get the answer with certainty if you don’t know said obscure word, and in … Read more “Sunday Times 4607 by Jeff Pearce: roll the dice”

8:59. When I sat down to solve this Mrs Keriothe had taken all the kids out for some reason or other, so I had a completely free half hour and a fresh pot of coffee. … Read more “Sunday Times 4605 by Dean Mayer”

This took me 21:07 according to the club timer, but with one error, which turned out to be a really irritating one. I often find Tim Moorey’s puzzles a bit tricky for some reason, and … Read more “Sunday Times 4603 by Tim Moorey”

20:11. From the leaderboard it seems I was a bit off the pace with this one, which isn’t really surprising: I’ve been on holiday in Canada for the last couple of weeks so my brain … Read more “Sunday Times 4601 by Jeff Pearce”

Greetings from Canada. Actually as I write this I am sitting at home in London, but by the time I post it I will be sitting beside a lake in Muskoka nursing a Caesar, or … Read more “Sunday Times 4599 (20 July) by Dean Mayer”