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Times Cryptic – 25881

Author   jackktPosted on 2nd September 2014 at 2:07 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This was quite a gentle offering for my first blog in my new spot and I doubt it would have delayed my distinguished predecessor for very long – I suspect he’d even have been in … Read more “Times Cryptic – 25881”

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Times Quick Cryptic 121 by Hurley

Author   jackktPosted on 25th August 2014 at 12:07 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

There seems to be a problem on the button at this moment so here’s the url to today’s Quickie:http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140825/250/Edit: Fixed now but I’ll let it stand. Time taken to solve 15 minutes with 4dn delaying … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 121 by Hurley”

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Times 25872

Author   jackktPosted on 22nd August 2014 at 2:36 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This lively and enjoyable puzzle took 50 minutes to complete. There was nothing unknown to me although after the event I needed to look up the US political organisation which I had heard of (more … Read more “Times 25872”

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Times Quick Cryptic 111 by Grumpy

Author   jackktPosted on 11th August 2014 at 12:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

As always it’s difficult to predict how a puzzle will be received by others, particularly the newbies, but I’d tentatively suggest that this one might be about as easy as things can get. The vocab … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 111 by Grumpy”

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Times 25860

Author   jackktPosted on 8th August 2014 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This one took me 47 minutes parsing all as I solved. I found it pretty straightforward so I’ll take this opportunity to write a simple blog and bunk off early for once. Across 1 GRASS … Read more “Times 25860”

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Times Quick Cryptic No. 104 by Mara

Author   jackktPosted on 31st July 2014 at 12:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

The button seems to be okay, but in case of difficulty here’s the url: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140731/227/ I’m standing in for Macavity today.  17 minutes for this one. I’ve given up trying to predict the level of … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic No. 104 by Mara”

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Times Quick Cryptic 101 by Hurley

Author   jackktPosted on 28th July 2014 at 12:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

As we might have expected, the button to today’s puzzle is broken and indeed our friends at SNAFU Central have excelled themselves by linking it back to puzzle #5 as published in March. Here’s the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 101 by Hurley”

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Times 25848

Author   jackktPosted on 25th July 2014 at 3:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This one started out as a slow but steady solve and I seemed to be heading for about 40 minutes, but time slipped away and I became bogged down with 27ac outstanding and the whole … Read more “Times 25848”

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Quick Cryptic 94 by Tracy

Author   jackktPosted on 17th July 2014 at 12:11 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

The link on the Times site is broken yet again so here is the correct url for those trying to access today’s Quickie: http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140717/214/ Sorry this won’t be a very expansive blog as I’m standing … Read more “Quick Cryptic 94 by Tracy”

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Times Quick Cryptic – 91 by Teazel

Author   jackktPosted on 14th July 2014 at 12:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

If you are having problems accessing today’s puzzle, it’s here now:http://feeds.thetimes.co.uk/timescrossword/20140714/210/Please also see my reply to Anon below This one took me 11 minutes but I thought it was going to be a lot longer … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic – 91 by Teazel”

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