Author: keriothe

23:41. I found this very hard indeed, for reasons I can’t now remember.

6:49. I breezed through this, but I thought it was very neat.

22:01. I found this decidedly tricky, and at the time of solving I thought some of it was a bit questionable.

12:23. Another absolutely cracking puzzle from Robert, this one of moderate difficulty.

13:41. I found this quite tricky, and a few unusual expressions and what to me seemed looseish definitions lent it a quirky feel. Lots of very good stuff though. I particularly liked the Sicilian chain … Read more “Sunday Times 5072 by David McLean – bunga bunga”

DNF. I had no idea what was going on with 17ac and without any wordplay to speak of I was never going to get it.

14:52. Another excellent puzzle from Robert, which I found quite tricky.

18:47. I found this difficult, for reasons I can’t now remember. Going back through it all to write the blog it seems mostly straightforward. This is often the mark of a good puzzle, which this … Read more “Sunday Times 5066 by David McLean”

10:23. This felt trickier than my time suggests…

13:38. A moderately tricky one from Robert this week, up to the usual elegant and entertaining standard.