35 minutes. My time would have been quicker but I struggled with an anagram leading to an unknown word and with the parsing of a couple of other clues. As usual definitions are underlined in … Read more “Times Cryptic 27794”
Author: jackkt
Times Quick Cryptic 1720 by Tracy
Solving time: 10 minutes. There were no major delays along the way for me here, but I shall be interested to read how others got on. My attention was drawn yesterday morning (by a contributor … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1720 by Tracy”
Times Cryptic 27788 – Double speak
My solving time was 50 minutes with at least the last 15 of them spent on 15ac, 16dn and the second word at 18ac. There are rather a lot of double defintions today As usual … Read more “Times Cryptic 27788 – Double speak”
Times Cryptic 27782
My solving time was off the scale but somewhere in the region of 80 minutes as I lacked some of the required GK. I expect our aspiring champions will have sailed through it but I … Read more “Times Cryptic 27782”
Times Quick Cryptic 1710 by Jalna
My solving time was 15 minutes for all but 7dn but I needed another 8 minutes to come up with the missing answer. I discovered later that my problem was a wrong checker supplied by … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1710 by Jalna”
Times Cryptic 27776
Solving time: 52 minutes. Not overly difficult but there was quite a lot to think about here, for me at least. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly … Read more “Times Cryptic 27776”
Times Cryptic 27770
I felt I did quite well to finish this in 31 minutes as there were several unknown words or meanings along the way, but somehow it all came together reasonably easily. As usual definitions are … Read more “Times Cryptic 27770”
Times Quick Cryptic 1700 by Hurley
Solving time: 10 minutes. Mostly straightforward although I was missing the GK required for arriving at 16ac other than via wordplay. 18dn is probably unknown to some, but I had met it in a previous … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1700 by Hurley”
Times Cryptic 27764
Solving time: 53 minutes. My timing confirms that I didn’t find this so easy. 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 27764”
Times 27758
Times 27758 Solving time: 55 minutes. I made rather heavy weather of this one as there were a few words or meanings unknown to me, but there’s a lot of easy stuff too As usual … Read more “Times 27758”