Author: jackkt

I started solving this around midnight-thirty after having problems (yet again) accessing the crossword site. I can’t give a solving time because I was in bed and I nodded off a couple of times when … Read more “Times 24519 – A Hard Day’s Night”

A very steady 30 minute solve which I imagine will prove extremely easy for the speed merchants. There’s very little if any specialist knowledge required and I doubt if anyone’s GK will be stretched by … Read more “Times 24507 – A Walk In The Park”

I solved this last night in 35 minutes after an extremely long and tiring day (and a few bevvies) so I’d like to think I would have raced through it if my brain had been … Read more “Times 24495 – Change and decay and smelly fish”

I solved this late last night. I don’t know whether I was tired and my brain was particularly slow but I found it a real slog which took me just under 90 minutes to crack. … Read more “Times 24483 – 90 Minutes Hard Labour”

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”