Author: jackkt

I struggled a bit with this missing some gifts along the way but got there in the end in a couple of minutes over the hour. I didn’t know the family tree and the French … Read more “Times 25441”

36 minutes for this with 5dn and 13ac taking me over the 30 minute mark. A nice set of clues with only half a niggle and one clue perhaps not entirely understood. Across 1 FAWN … Read more “Times 25429”

35 minutes with time lost getting started due to blogger’s nerves but once under weigh I found this very straightforward and (whisper it softly) just a little on the dull side. And I’m afraid this … Read more “Times 25417 – Nothing to hide!”

Oh, hell, LJ seem to have removed the option for the old-look editor and I feel disoriented, so fingers crossed… This took me 36 minutes after a very slow start due to blogger’s nerves. Once … Read more “Times 25405 – Got away with it again!”

Following on from Wednesday’s ordeal I’m as relieved as Uncle Yap yesterday to have got off quite lightly on my blogging day. This is mostly straightforward stuff with only one unknown but easily gettable answer … Read more “Times Cryptic 25393 – Phew too!”

I completed most of this within half an hour but lost time at the end on three tricky ones in the NW corner. I didn’t know the star or the method of painting so I … Read more “Times 25381 – Planted!”

Time taken to solve: 30 minutes for all but 16dn which I never heard of and took some working out. I also spent extra time considering an alternative at 26ac but plumped eventually for my … Read more “Times 25369 – Yet another sting in the tail”

I thought this was going to be an easy one as I raced away with the long anagrams at 4 and 11 and the partial one at 12 but my confidence was soon dented and … Read more “Times 25357 – Nuts and Bolts”

I went over the hour by a few minutes on this one. I didn’t have problems starting but I couldn’t get it to flow so I was constantly hopping around the grid putting in odd … Read more “Times 25346 – Struggled a bit”

This took me 45 minutes apart from 9ac, a word I knew I didn’t know so decided not to prolong the agony and looked it up. Considering the simplicity of many of the clues that … Read more “Times 25334 – A mixed bag”