Author: jackkt

Time taken to solve: Don’t ask! I got off to a flying start in the NW corner and thought it was going to be an enjoyable if quirky ride; just the sort of puzzle I … Read more “24017 – Quirky”

This took me a good hour, so that’s three consective quite difficult days for me and yet again I was very slow getting started. An enjoyable puzzle but nothing special. For a long time I … Read more “Times 24005”

 Time taken to solve? I’m not saying, but it was off the scale. I can’t say I enjoyed this much. After an hour I had completed little more than half so I resorted to books … Read more “23993 – Beast!”

My solving time was about an hour. This was more my sort of puzzle than yesterday’s as I got onto the setter’s wavelengh quite quickly and made good progress. The hold up at the end … Read more “23981”

This was another puzzle of two halves. The LH side went in at record pace (for me) at little more than 5 minutes, but most of the RH side caused problems and took 40 minutes or so … Read more “23969 – Wakey, Wakey!!!!!!”

About 45 minutes to solve this one. I quite enjoyed it but when I came to write it up it occurred to me that much of it is rather unsatisfying and there is very little to … Read more “Times 23957”

This took me a little under 30 minutes. It all seemed pretty straightforward though a couple of clues highlighted some gaps in my knowledge of Geography. Nothing really stands out as COD, but maybe at … Read more “Times – 23945 – No sweat”

This took me about 45 minutes. I found the left side quite easy but became bogged down on the right with rather too many answers arrived at from one part of the clue without understanding … Read more “Times 23933 – Another Phew!”

This took me rather longer than it should have – a good 45 minutes. It seemed rather a let-down after yesterday’s treat but on another day it might have seemed more impressive. Across 1 BROAD-BRUSH … Read more “Times 23921”