Author: jackkt

45 minutes to solve this one though most of it was completed in 30 and I took the other 15 to sort out 18, 24,25 and 26. It was certainly a lively puzzle which I … Read more “Times 24471 – Fwightfully Fwivolous”

All but four clues in the SW corner (14, 18, 21 and 25) were solved within 30 minutes but I’m afraid these added another 15 minutes to my time. I rather enjoyed this puzzle but … Read more “Times 24459 – In the wee small hours…”

This took me exactly an hour. I printed it off last night and then settled down to solve it which was probably not a wise decision. By the time I had finished I was wide … Read more “Tines 24447 – Dejas Blue”

This one took 25 minutes which makes it one of the easiest ever on my blogging day so I hope I haven’t made any silly errors. There’s not really much to say about it as … Read more “Times 24435 – Bitter Orang(e) and Home Sweet Home”

I haven’t worked since 18th December and I think my brain must have turned to mush because this took me the best part of an hour to unravel. Admittedly there are one or two less … Read more “TIMES 24423 – The year can only get better….”

Time taken to solve: 55 minutes. I didn’t find this easy by any means and there are one or two explanations I am not completely sure of. Once again I was hampered by not being … Read more “Times 24412 – A bridge too far”

As expected I found this the most difficult one of the week. It took me 55 minutes which doesn’t seem too bad now, considering I read every clue and most of them more than once … Read more “Times 24400 – Double Trouble”

This was a very lively puzzle that gave me some real problems most of which were of my own making. In several places (1 dn second word for example) I thought of the right answer … Read more “Times 24388 – Don’t Knock It”

Time taken to solve – 30 minutes which would have been 10 minutes less but for a delay at the end trying to work out 1ac, 1dn and 15ac. Friday’s puzzle is often difficult so … Read more “Times 24376”

A very lively puzzle that took me far longer than it should have done, around 70 minutes. I’m not sure whether the nursery rhyme references are known universally, nor the bit of slang that’s been … Read more “Times 24364 – Nursery Games”