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Author: jackkt

Times Quick Cryptic 2596 by Oink

Author   jackktPosted on 12th February 2024 at 1:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Pretty straightforward for me. How did you get on?

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Times Cryptic 28832

Author   jackktPosted on 6th February 2024 at 1:30 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I didn’t find this hard but there were some devious definitions

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Times Cryptic 28826

Author   jackktPosted on 30th January 2024 at 1:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I don’t often comment on surface readings but the standard is remarkably high in this puzzle.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2584 by Wurm

Author   jackktPosted on 29th January 2024 at 1:01 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I found this quite straightforward. How did you all do?

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1654 (13 January 2024)

Author   jackktPosted on 27th January 2024 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

This was harder than some Jumbos I have blogged recently and I needed two sessions to complete it.

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Times Cryptic 28820

Author   jackktPosted on 23rd January 2024 at 2:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

This ended badly for me but I enjoyed the solve for the most part.

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Times Cryptic 28814

Author   jackktPosted on 16th January 2024 at 1:05 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I was pleased with my time considering there were more than my usual average of unknown words or meanings.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2572 by Mara

Author   jackktPosted on 15th January 2024 at 1:10 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

12 minutes with half the time spent on four clues in the SW corner.

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Times Cryptic 28808

Author   jackktPosted on 9th January 2024 at 1:45 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I struggled a bit with this one.

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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1649 – 23rd December 2023

Author   jackktPosted on 6th January 2024 at 12:36 AM10 September 2025Categories Jumbo Cryptic

Solved inĀ  one session I found this fairly easy.

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