Author: jackkt

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”

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!”