Author: jackkt

Solving time: 41 minutes but I needed aids for my last one in. Otherwise very enjoyable. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal … Read more “Times Cryptic 28022”

I solved this in 22 minutes but it didn’t seem that easy in the process. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and … Read more “Times Cryptic 28016”

Solving time: 50 minutes. This puzzle certainly had a different feel about it from the usual offerings and was quite inventive in parts, most of which worked rather well. As usual definitions are underlined in … Read more “Times Cryptic 28010”

. My solving time was 32 minutes for all but 3 letters, but this was a technical DNF because I had rather lost patience with the puzzle by then so I used aids to complete … Read more “Times Cryptic 28004 – 500 not yet out”

Solving time: 25 minutes. Straightforward apart from one word completely unknown to me but gettable from wordplay. Several clues would not be out of place in the Quickie. As usual definitions are underlined in bold … Read more “Times Cryptic 27998”

Solving time: 30 minutes. I thought I was heading for a very rare sub-20 minute solve but my last two in, 8dn and 12ac, put paid to that. As usual definitions are underlined in bold … Read more “Times Cryptic 27992”

I had all but two answers within my target half-hour but was unable to make further progress so eventually gave up on them and resorted to aids. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, … Read more “Times Cryptic 27986”