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Times for The Times: Times and comments on The Times crossword from a team of solvers

Author: jackkt

Times Cryptic 28976

Author   jackktPosted on 23rd July 2024 at 1:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Horses need have no fear!

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Times Cryptic 28970

Author   jackktPosted on 16th July 2024 at 1:29 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Very enjoyable but tough with some tricky definitions and wordplay.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2728 by Joker

Author   jackktPosted on 15th July 2024 at 1:16 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I would have to count this as harder than average, but having reviewed it all whilst writing the blogĀ  I have no idea what my problems were.

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Times Cryptic 28964

Author   jackktPosted on 9th July 2024 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Mostly straightforward but I had a MER at a couple of definitions along the way.

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Times Cryptic 28958

Author   jackktPosted on 2nd July 2024 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Another inventive and enjoyable puzzle.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2716 by Des

Author   jackktPosted on 1st July 2024 at 1:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Solving time: 11 minutes with an error corrected whilst preparing to blog.

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1679 – 15 June 2024

Author   jackktPosted on 29th June 2024 at 12:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Some of this was very straightforward but there was tricky stuff along the way

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Times Cryptic 28952

Author   jackktPosted on 25th June 2024 at 1:26 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

A fairly straightforward 15×15 on my watch this time

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Times Cryptic 28946

Author   jackktPosted on 18th June 2024 at 1:34 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I had problems parsing several clues when solving but hope that I have resolved all the queries whilst writing the blog.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2704 by Hurley

Author   jackktPosted on 17th June 2024 at 1:03 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

An enjoyable stroll.

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