Author: jackkt

This took me 50 minutes with the last 20 spent unravelling the SW corner where I had put an incorrect answer at 26ac. Other than that and my earlier error at 3dn this was mostly … Read more “24962- Coin rejected”

This would have been my third solve this week under 30 minutes but for a slight delay on my last in at 28ac. As it was, I finished on exactly 30. Much of this is … Read more “24950 – Another straightforward Friday”

This took me 29 minutes for all but three that I’ve mentioned below and then about another 10 to crack them. This was another easy puzzle by any standards but particularly so for a Friday. … Read more “24938 – Lucky again!”

35 minutes for this one so yet again I failed to break through the 30 minute barrier, but this is certainly the easiest Friday puzzle for a long time. The clues that delayed me are … Read more “24926 – Got off lightly…”

Time taken to solve: Off the scale yet again. I got off to a great start with the gift of a long answer at 5dn and made very good progress to complete the NW and … Read more “24914”

Not a lot under the hour, I’m afraid; time just slipped away. This was a strange mixture of the very easy and somewhat obscure. I wonder if anyone solved 1ac at first glance without any … Read more “24902 – My kingdom for a horse (but not a black and white stripey one)”

This took me 35 minutes with the last 5 spent on 22dn and 29ac. It felt more like a Monday puzzle (until recently) rather than a typical Friday and the setter kindly provided four easy … Read more “24890 – The New Monday?”

My solving time was off the scale even with generous use of aids after 60 minutes in order to get the thing finished and the blog started. I began well with 1ac and 1dn going … Read more “24878 – Hope I’m not alone…”

This took me 40 minutes but I think I can knock off 5 of those for being on blog duty and feeling the need to double-check everything before committing to paper. Certainly it felt like … Read more “Times 24866”

Time taken to solve: 45 minutes with one cheat on the final answer. This was mostly fairly straightforward  with one notable exception. In many cases I solved the clues from definition alone but the wordplay … Read more “24854”