Author: jackkt

28 minutes for this pleasant offering that’s somewhat on the easy side. I can’t imagine it will delay any of the regulars for long. * = anagram Across 1 INGRATE – IN GRATE – Dogs … Read more “Times 25322 – My run of luck continues…”

The 15-letter anagrams went in almost at once and I thought I was in for another easy ride on my blogging day but I came to a standstill several times with a couple of unknowns … Read more “Times 25310 – Off with his head…and tail!”

30 minutes (I don’t record seconds. If ever I begin to achieve sub 20 minutes regularly I might start, but this seems unlikely at the moment). Once again I have drawn a long straw on … Read more “Times 25298 – Got off lightly again”

The Colonel’s feeling neutral about this one. Once again I seemed set fair to finish in well under my 30 minute target but I was delayed by the proverbial sting in the tail as four … Read more “Times 25286 – Bloomin’ scorpion again…”

After my troubles this week I breathed a sigh of relief shortly after sitting down with this one –  this week’s “Monday” puzzle at last. At the moment my time of 33 minutes would be … Read more “Times 25274 – Father Christmas next?”

Once again I made rather heavy weather of this one, coming in at around 50 minutes. I was never stuck but there were several words or meanings that wouldn’t come to mind or perhaps I … Read more “Times 25262 – Back to normal”

I made heavy weather of this perfectly straightforward and rather uninspiring puzzle so I won’t embarrass myself by quoting a solving time. I suspect on a non-blogging day I would easily have achieved my personal … Read more “Times 25250 – Not over the moon”

Firstly apologies to those who are used to me posting the blog in the early hours but I decided to get a couple of hours kip before the puzzle became available and slept right through … Read more “Times 25238 – What the Dickens?”

After a swift start with the 1s, 2 and 15 going in straight away I rapidly slowed to a crawl and then ground to a complete halt. For some reason I just couldn’t get on … Read more “Times 25226 – Delays on the line”

Time taken to solve: 43 minutes. This was a very lively solve, not too easy, but with no time to be stuck or bored even for a second as there was so much material to … Read more “Times 25214 – Busy busy bee”