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Times for The Times: Times and comments on The Times crossword from a team of solvers

Author: jackkt

Times Cryptic 29540

Author   jackktPosted on 12th May 2026 at 1:48 AM12 May 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

Not the easiest of Tuesday puzzles be everything was gettable and most of the clues were varied and interesting.

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Times Cryptic 29534

Author   jackktPosted on 5th May 2026 at 2:00 AM5 May 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

Very enjoyable with no unknown words.

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Quick Cryptic 3292 by Oink

Author   jackktPosted on 4th May 2026 at 1:15 AM2 May 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

A mostly straightforward solve for me.

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Times Cryptic 29528

Author   jackktPosted on 28th April 2026 at 2:30 AM28 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

A good mix of clues relying perhaps a little too much on insertions.

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1784

Author   jackktPosted on 25th April 2026 at 1:45 AM11 April 2026Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Not too difficult. I completed in two sessions.

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Times Cryptic 29522

Author   jackktPosted on 21st April 2026 at 2:12 AM16 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

A lively and enjoyable puzzle. Fun to solve.

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Quick Cryptic 3280 by Trelawney

Author   jackktPosted on 20th April 2026 at 1:09 AM19 April 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

A thoroughly enjoyable puzzle from Trelawney aimed squarely at the QC market

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Times Cryptic 29516

Author   jackktPosted on 14th April 2026 at 1:45 AM14 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

I made good progress but was slowed by at least four answers I didn’t know.

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Times Cryptic 29510

Author   jackktPosted on 7th April 2026 at 2:14 AM6 April 2026Categories Daily Cryptic

A very enjoyable solve but some of the parsing beat me until I came to write the blog.

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Quick Cryptic 3268 by Heron

Author   jackktPosted on 6th April 2026 at 1:10 AM5 April 2026Categories Quick Cryptic

The surface readings struck me as particularly smooth today.

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