Author: jackkt

Solving time: 36 minutes. Nothing to say other than what’s in the blog. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators … Read more “Times Cryptic 28178”

Solving time: 47 minutes. There were one or two trickier bits here but after some of last week’s puzzles it was enjoyable to solve one where the answers mostly flowed along nicely. As usual definitions … Read more “Times Cryptic 28172”

Solving time: 46 minutes. A technical DNF as I looked up one answer. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators … Read more “Times Cryptic 28166”

Solving time: 34 minutes. This was mostly straightforward with a few trickier bits that were easy enough to work around. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} … Read more “Times Cryptic 28160”

Solving time: 49 minutes with one wrong answer caused by having transposed two unchecked letters in an anagram of an obscure word, the Latin name of a plant genus that hasn’t even made it into … Read more “Times Cryptic 28154”

Solving time: 34 minutes. For an easyish puzzle this one seemed to take ages to blog as some of the clues have less than straightforward wordplay. But perhaps it was just me making heavy weather … Read more “Times Cryptic 28148”

Solving time: 33 minutes, and as this would suggest I found it quite straightforward. I needed a confidence-builder after some of the difficult 15 x15 solves I experienced last week. As usual definitions are underlined … Read more “Times Cryptic 28142”