Author: jackkt

An excellent puzzle that was a stinker for me after a very difficult week (bar Thursday). I wondered if I would ever get started and then spent the next hour wondering if I would ever … Read more “TIMES 25561 – GOR BLIMEY, GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME!”

Quite a tricky pangram this, but after the initial shock had worn off I settled to my task and worked through it steadily gaining confidence along the way and eventually finishing in 50 minutes. I … Read more “Times 25549”

Following events since last weekend it was with some relief that I solved a long answer (12ac) as the puzzle was printing off and realised that I was probably in for an easy time of … Read more “Times 25537 – A Welcome Relief”

A very pleasant, mostly straightforward puzzle that came as something of a relief after my last blog and several subsequent offerings. It still delayed me longer than it should have, taking me 47 minutes to … Read more “Times – 25525 – Back to Basics”

Goodness me, I think I’ve earned my money on this one! Oh no, I just remembered I’m doing this for fun, not for cash. I must be mad. For what it’s worth, it took me … Read more “Times 25513 – A long long way to run”

I really struggled to get going on this one having lost confidence in my solving skills almost immediately because I started by looking at the four 3-letter clues and only managed to crack one of … Read more “Times 25501”

36 minutes for this one. After a flying start I hit a wall quite early on and took a few moments to pull myself together. The Sudoku clue and 2dn resisted until the very end … Read more “Times 25489 – Not a lot of people know that, so play it again, Sam, you dirty rat!”

This one took me over the hour for the third consecutive day. I was tired after a long evening at the theatre which didn’t help. Live Journal is playing up again so I’m going to … Read more “Times 25477”

Another pangram! This was a very lively and interesting puzzle that was a pleasure to solve and took me 45 minutes. My only real problem was in the SE where a long Arabic word and … Read more “Times Cryptic – 25465”

I found it very hard to work up any momentum on this and having struggled to get started I battled through most of it at snail pace with only occasional bursts of energy to restore … Read more “Times 25453 – In decline”