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Times Cryptic 29042

Author   jackktPosted on 8th October 2024 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

  Solving time: 22 minutes, one of my fastest ever times for a 15×15! It’s rather odd that following on from the Quick Cryptic I blogged yesterday which went a bit OTT with 6 pure … Read more “Times Cryptic 29042”

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Times Quick Cryptic 2800 by Trelawney

Author   jackktPosted on 7th October 2024 at 1:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

About as fast as things normally get for me.

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1694 (21 September 2024)

Author   jackktPosted on 5th October 2024 at 12:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

I found this one quite easy.

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Times Cryptic 29036

Author   jackktPosted on 1st October 2024 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This was enjoyable to solve and quite inventive at times.

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Times Cryptic 29030

Author   jackktPosted on 24th September 2024 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I found this quite straightforward.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2788 by Orpheus

Author   jackktPosted on 23rd September 2024 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I found this quite easy but I shall be interested to hear how you all got on.

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Times Cryptic 29024

Author   jackktPosted on 17th September 2024 at 2:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I found enough easy answers to make a confident start in all quarters of the grid but then hit problems and slowed to a crawl.

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Times Cryptic 29018

Author   jackktPosted on 10th September 2024 at 1:38 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I didn’t enjoy this much.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2776 by Jimmy

Author   jackktPosted on 9th September 2024 at 1:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

One at the easier end of the scale for me, but how did you do?

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1689 (24 August 2024)

Author   jackktPosted on 7th September 2024 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

An interesting Jumbo with some inventive wordplay in places.

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