Author: jackkt

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”

I completed most of this within 25 minutes but then became bogged down in the remaining 8 clues in the lower half with 13dn, a word I’ve never heard of, as the main sticking point. … Read more “Times 25202 – Fairy Tales and Army Slang”

Time taken to solve: 37 minutes. A very enjoyable and lively puzzle where only one clue (9ac) presented any problems solving and I’m not sure that it was quite fair because the cryptic way into … Read more “Times 25190”

Time taken to solve: Completely off the scale. I finished the RH apart from the unforgivable 22dn in about 15 minutes and thought I was in for an easy ride but I found the SW … Read more “Times 25178 – Trooble at t’mill”

Off to a flying start but I had problems getting the answers flowing and finished eventually in 39 minutes which was disappointing because on writing the blog it became apparent how very easy most of … Read more “Times 25166 – Two by Two”

30 minutes for this one which came as something of a relief after the past couple of days when things started well but went downhill rapidly. I found it enjoyable if not particularly taxing and … Read more “25154 – Shiver me timbers!”

Dave is unavailable to blog this Friday so I am standing in. I finished most of this comfortably within 30 minutes but then got stuck in the SE corner with 11ac still missing and these … Read more “Times 25136 – Another sting in the tail…”