Author: jackkt

I completed this in 39 minutes which is good going for me at the moment. There are some very good clues and I especially liked  20ac and 25ac although the latter will probably cause consternation … Read more “Times Cryptic 27476”

Solving time: 30 minutes for all but 10ac as explained 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 27470”

My solving time was 43 minutes but it was a technical DNF as I gave up on 3dn and resorted to aids. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in … Read more “Times Cryptic 27464”

I’ve no solving time to offer for this one as I was interrupted and lost track of it, but somewhere between 40 minutes and an hour. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and … Read more “Times Cryptic 27458”

I needed only  36 minutes for this mostly very straightforward puzzle. I imagine the speed-merchants will have a field day. All good solid stuff with one really outstanding definition in my view. As usual definitions … Read more “Times Cryptic 27452”

Solving time: 41 minutes. I found this one quite straightforward. Although there were a couple of obscurities they didn’t delay me unduly. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly … Read more “Times Cryptic 27446”