Author: jackkt

Solving time: 44 minutes. Quite tricky but containing several interesting and amusing clues. 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 28196”

Solving time: 38 minutes. This seemed mostly straightforward with no unknown words or meanings. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other … Read more “Times Cryptic 28190”

Solving time: 40 minutes with a lot of time lost toward the end on the cryptic clue at 26ac. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and … Read more “Times Cryptic 28184 – University challenge”

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”