Solving time: 39 minutes. Mostly straightforward, but I look forward to reading what others made of it. The definition at 2dn alone was worth the price of admission. As usual definitions are underlined in bold … Read more “Times Cryptic 27590”
Author: jackkt
Times Quick Cryptic 1550 by Oink
Solving time: 9 minutes . Quite straightforward I think, but we shall see what others made of it… As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1550 by Oink”
Times Cryptic 27584
My solving time was off the scale although I found the right-hand side reasonably straightforward. I came a cropper on the left and technically this was a DNF as I ran out of stamina at10ac … Read more “Times Cryptic 27584”
Times Cryptic 27578
Solving time: 37 minutes. I found this reasonably straightforward but some of the clues took a bit of untangling for the blog. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in … Read more “Times Cryptic 27578”
Times Quick Cryptic 1540 by Izetti
I just noticed I blogged only one Izetti puzzle in the whole of 2019 but this is my second consecutive in 2020 and it’s only 3rd February! Also he has set 143 QCs of which … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1540 by Izetti”
Times Cryptic 27572
Solving time: 55 minutes. One or two tricky bits here and a couple of unknown words but all solvable one way or another. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are … Read more “Times Cryptic 27572”
Times Quick Cryptic 1536 by Oink (blog by Chris)
I’m just acting as postman on this one blogged by Chris: An eminently ‘do-able’ QC which should have been quicker but I got held up with the many anagrams. 9 minutes still means on the … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1536 by Oink (blog by Chris)”
Times Quick Cryptic 1534 by Grumpy
I am posting this as an emergency blog. I needed 19 minutes having been stuck on 16dn and 22ac. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1534 by Grumpy”
Times Cryptic 27566
Solving time: 28 minutes. I found most of this quite straightforward. There were a couple of less than familar words in the Down answers but they were easily assembled from wordplay, and a plant at … Read more “Times Cryptic 27566”
Times Quick Cryptic 1530 by Izetti
Solving time: 7 minutes. Quite a gentle offering from Izetti today, I thought, although I was helped by the long answer at 1ac which was a write-in for me and got things off to a … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1530 by Izetti”