Author: jackkt

Having completed all but four answers in 20 minutes I thought I was going to achieve my target half-hour with time to spare, but 13ac/dn, 16ac and 12dn delayed me and I needed 34 minutes … Read more “Times Cryptic 28256”

My solving time was 40 minutes with a little help on an unfair clue. I had several misgivings about this puzzle as detailed below. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions … Read more “Times Cryptic 28250”

Solving time: 39 minutes. This was a puzzle of two halves for me. The answers in the top half almost wrote themselves in at first glance, but then in the bottom half I saw the … Read more “Times Cryptic 28244”

Solving time: 36 minutes. There were some original ideas here and I enjoyed both solving and blogging this puzzle. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and … Read more “Times Cryptic 28238”

Solving time: 43 minutes. There was nothing particularly difficult here but it took me a while to sort it all out. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly … Read more “Times Cryptic 28232”

My performance this week was a lot better than last time and I finished in 20 minutes. There were no unknown answers and only one unknown in the wordplay – at 8dn. When  blogging I … Read more “Times Cryptic 28226”

DNF. This was a very odd puzzle in that I completed three-quarters of it quite comfortably in a little under 20 minutes and then ground to a complete halt with 7 words missing around the … Read more “Times Cryptic 28220”