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Sunday Times 5052 by Dean Mayer

Author   keriothePosted on 2nd April 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

19:14. Quite a tricky one from Dean this week, up to the usual very high standard. I slowed myself down a little with a very confident wrong answer at 21ac, and I’m sure I won’t … Read more “Sunday Times 5052 by Dean Mayer”

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Sunday Times 5050 by Robert Price – elementary

Author   keriothePosted on 19th March 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

9:42. Another very entertaining puzzle from Robert. I had a couple of quibbles, one of which (3ac) I managed to resolve for myself, the other (16dn) still seems questionable to me. I’d be interested to … Read more “Sunday Times 5050 by Robert Price – elementary”

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Sunday Times 5048 by David McLean

Author   keriothePosted on 5th March 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

11:19. Not a terribly difficult puzzle but highly enjoyable.

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Sunday Times 5046 by Dean Mayer

Author   keriothePosted on 19th February 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

17:23. A tricky one from Dean this week, with a smattering of slightly odd or obscure references that gave it a quirky feel and a few really first-class surface readings. Definitions are underlined, anagrams indicated … Read more “Sunday Times 5046 by Dean Mayer”

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Sunday Times 5044 by Robert Price

Author   keriothePosted on 5th February 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

23:07. A really tricky one from Robert this week.

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Sunday Times 5042 by David McLean

Author   keriothePosted on 22nd January 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

20:09. This excellent puzzle was a mix of the very easy and the very hard, with the latter gaining the upper hand.

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Sunday Times 5040 by David McLean

Author   keriothePosted on 8th January 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

Morning all. Apologies for the delay this week. I had this all ready to go and just forgot to press ‘publish’.

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Sunday Times Jumbo Cryptic No. 5038 by Robert Price

Author   keriothePosted on 1st January 2023 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

I don’t have a time for this gloriously tricky puzzle.

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Sunday Times 5036 by David McLean

Author   keriothePosted on 11th December 2022 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

17:48. A tricky puzzle that felt a little quirky to me as I was solving, but having gone through it to write the blog I can’t now see why. It all seems perfectly in order. … Read more “Sunday Times 5036 by David McLean”

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Sunday Times 5034 by Dean Mayer

Author   keriothePosted on 27th November 2022 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Weekend Cryptic

24:21. I found this really hard, but thoroughly enjoyable as usual from Dean.

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