Solving time: 38 minutes but technically a DNF because I used aids for one unknown as my LOI. Other than that it all seems straightforward. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and … Read more “Times Cryptic 28100”
Author: jackkt
Times Cryptic 28094
Solving time: 46 minutes. I found this quite heavy going as it contained four answers I never heard of, all gettable from wordplay and checkers but nevertheless I took ages to work them out. Also … Read more “Times Cryptic 28094”
Times Quick Cryptic 1970 by Mara
Solving time: 7 minutes. I found this one easy. 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 1970 by Mara”
Times Cryptic 28088
Solving time: 34 minutes with the last 10 of those spent on two clues, 5dn and 10ac. I had a wrong answer which we shall get to in due course. As usual definitions are underlined … Read more “Times Cryptic 28088”
Times Quick Cryptic 1962 by Oink
Emergency Blog. No time for full explanations but if anything needs more detail please ask. I found this one particularly hard for some reason. I actually stopped the clock twice and took breaks. Solving time: … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1962 by Oink”
Times Cryptic 28082
Solving time: 34 minutes. Quite easy to solve but some of the parsing took some decipehering e.g. 20dn and 24d. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} … Read more “Times Cryptic 28082”
Times Quick Cryptic 1960 by Hurley
Solving time: 9 minutes. Only a couple of words here that aren’t perhaps in daily use so I hope, like me, you found this on the easy side. As usual definitions are underlined in bold … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1960 by Hurley”
Times Cryptic 28076
Solving time: 28 minutes with one unchecked letter wrong. Amazingly we have only one single anagram clue! Must surely be a first? As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in … Read more “Times Cryptic 28076”
Times Cryptic 28070
Solving time: 36 minutes. This was a very steady solve but I wasn ‘t quite fast enough to achieve my target half-hour. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in … Read more “Times Cryptic 28070”
Times Quick Cryptic 1950 by Jalna
Solving time: 8 minutes. This is only Jalna’s 9th puzzle so his style may seem a little different, but perhaps I’m getting used to him as this was the very first time I have solved … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1950 by Jalna”