My first blog in the new forum! I’m very pleased to see the back of all those advertisements in Russian. And so to business as usual….
Author: jackkt
Times Cryptic 28286
Solving time: 33 minutes. An interesting and mostly enjoyable puzzle that seemed to take longer to solve than the time recorded on the clock.
Quick Cryptic 2130 by Corelli
Solving time: 8 minutes. This is only Corelli’s 27th Quick Cryptic although he was amongst the original setters when the puzzle was introduced in 2014.
Times Cryptic 28280
Solving time: 41 minutes. There were some tricky clues here but I worked my way through it steadily and was reasonably satisfied with my solving time.
Additional Quick Cryptic
Please note there is an error in the Times on-line puzzles section today which has two Quick Cryptics: #2126 by Tracy and #2127 by Joker.
Times Cryptic 28274
Solving time: 28 minutes. This setter seems very fond of em dashes, I can’t recall seeing so many in a 15×15 puzzle! I had more problems blogging this than solving it, and I still have … Read more “Times Cryptic 28274”
Times Quick Cryptic 2120 by Tracy – You’ll have had your tea?
Solving time: 9 minutes. I found this quite straightforward. I hope you did too. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2120 by Tracy – You’ll have had your tea?”
Times Cryptic 28268
Solving time: 30 minutes exactly, with 18dn as my last one in. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in … Read more “Times Cryptic 28268”
Times Cryptic 28262
Solving time: 27 minutes. There was lots of interesting stuff here and nothing that gave me major problems. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, … Read more “Times Cryptic 28262”
Times Quick Cryptic 2110 by Hurley
Solving time: 13 minutes. I struggled with 7 & 12ac for some reason, and so missed my target 10 minutes. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 2110 by Hurley”