Author: jackkt

Off to a flying start with some easy three-letter answers but I became bogged down quite early on. I got started again when I reached the clues for the SE and then the NE flowed … Read more “Times 25010 – Blogger’s nerves take their toll (again)…”

This was most definitely a puzzle of two parts for me with most of the RH side and the NW quarter going in very easily, but apart from 23ac the SW quarter was a nightmare … Read more “Times 24998 – West Country Disaster!”

Back to normal for me on this one. I completed all but three in the NE  within 30 minutes but then ran over by another 10 to finish the grid but including a cheat at … Read more “24986 – I, a twerp…”

This was much the same old tale for me this week. 30 minutes for most of it but then I came to grief in the NE corner and took another 20 minutes to solve the … Read more “24974”

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)”