Morning all. Apologies for the delay this week. I had this all ready to go and just forgot to press ‘publish’.
Author: keriothe
Sunday Times Jumbo Cryptic No. 5038 by Robert Price
I don’t have a time for this gloriously tricky puzzle.
Sunday Times 5036 by David McLean
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”
Sunday Times 5034 by Dean Mayer
24:21. I found this really hard, but thoroughly enjoyable as usual from Dean.
Sunday Times 5032 by Robert Price
9:34. The usual very high quality fare From Robert this week.
Sunday Times 5030 by David McLean – little to distress or vex
12:49. I’ve left blogging very late this week (as I write this it’s 11.10 on Saturday evening) so I will be brief. I liked the puzzle a lot, there were a couple of particularly brilliant touches that I will highlight in the relevant clues.
Sunday Times 5028 by Dean Mayer – easy as XYZ
17:30, but with one cheat.
Sunday Times 5026 by Robert Price
12.27. The usual smooth and elegant clueing from Robert.
Sunday Times 5024 by David McLean – blue-shade clues
17:08. I mostly didn’t find this too difficult, but I got myself in terrible trouble by putting in BLUE for 20ac. It’s such a perfect answer that I didn’t consider changing it for ages.
Sunday Times 5022 by Dean Mayer
I found this very hard initially, with only a few clues going in after my first pass.