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Times Quick Cryptic 2180 by Mara

Author   jackktPosted on 18th July 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I found this straightforward, how did you do?

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Times Cryptic 28340

Author   jackktPosted on 12th July 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 44 minutes but with one error at 4dn.

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Times Cryptic 28334

Author   jackktPosted on 5th July 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

My solving time was 29 minutes. This was mostly straightforward but there were  some inventive clues along the way that made for a very enjoyable solve.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2170 by Joker

Author   jackktPosted on 4th July 2022 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

I needed 12 minutes for this one, delayed by two or three clues on the RH side and difficulty parsing 4dn. A puzzle quite remarkable for containing only one very short anagram.

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Times Cryptic 28328

Author   jackktPosted on 28th June 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

I had all but four answers in 28 minutes but I needed another 20 for three of those missing, and to decide I didn’t know the fourth. Then I cut my losses and looked up the last one. 

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Times Cryptic 28322

Author   jackktPosted on 21st June 2022 at 2:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 42 minutes. 9ac and 10dn had me wondering if today’s setter might be Oink.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2160 by Mara

Author   jackktPosted on 20th June 2022 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Solving time: 11 minutes. Much of this was straightforward but I still managed to miss my target time by a minute.

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Times Cryptic 28316

Author   jackktPosted on 14th June 2022 at 2:15 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 70 minutes with help from aids on a couple of clues. I found this really hard work —

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Times Cryptic 28310

Author   jackktPosted on 7th June 2022 at 2:02 AM10 September 2025Categories Daily Cryptic

Solving time: 40 minutes. There were a handful of unknown words or meanings here to account for my missing my target half-hour. Where necessary the wordplay came to my rescue.

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Times Quick Cryptic 2150 by Pedro

Author   jackktPosted on 6th June 2022 at 1:00 AM10 September 2025Categories Quick Cryptic

Solving time: 9 minutes with time lost thinking that 9dn was going to be  a pure anagram instead of just a partial.

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