Author: keriothe

Nothing too tricky this week from Harry, but lots of fun.

6:52. This was at the easier end of Dean’s offerings but none the less enjoyable for that.

11:05. This wasn’t particularly difficult but I thought it was a delightful puzzle, with lots of concise and elegant clues: the perfect way to end the crosswording year. The anagram at 16ac is a cracker, … Read more “Sunday Times 5092 by Robert Price”

12:54. I thought this was excellent even by Dean’s exalted standards.

13:36. The usual fun from Dean, with a couple of particularly nice clues. My favourites were ‘Ham producer’, the CD at 18dn, and the initially utterly bamboozling and then quite brilliant 28ac. How did you … Read more “Sunday Times 5088 by Dean Mayer – anax woz here”

20:20. I found this very tricky, with a few answers that were completely beyond my ken and needed to be carefully constructed from wordplay. Excellent stuff though as always.

15:22. I found this puzzle enjoyably tricky. There are a couple of rather modern references in here (1dn, 5dn) which I know isn’t to everyone’s taste but I really like it when these puzzles reflect … Read more “Sunday Times 5084 by David McLean – not so bad”

13:43. Another really excellent puzzle from Dean. Top notch stuff.

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.