Another blog with no solving time to offer as I nodded off part of the way through. There were a few unknowns as detailed below including one word I cheated on and another where I checked … Read more “Times Cryptic 27386”
Author: jackkt
Times Quick Cryptic 1380 by Mara
At 6 minutes I found this one very easy and it takes my run of consecutive solves within my target 10 minutes to 8 so far. There are a few answers that may not be … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1380 by Mara”
Times Cryptic 27380
I spent 38 minutes on this but failed to finish without reference to aids. The level of difficulty varied from clues that would not be out of place in the QC to a couple that would have been … Read more “Times Cryptic 27380”
Times Cryptic 27374
I needed only 28 minutes for this so I’d rate it as quite easy and would expect much faster times from our regular speed-merchants. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions … Read more “Times Cryptic 27374”
Times Quick Cryptic 1370 by Breadman
My solving time was 11 minutes. Regulars may know that I always include parsing in my stated times and it was that that took me over my target 10 minutes today; the answer at 21dn … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1370 by Breadman”
Times Cryptic 27368
My solving time was 38 minutes with several unknowns for which I had to rely on wordplay. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, … Read more “Times Cryptic 27368”
Times Cryptic 27362
Probably though tiredness I got myself stuck on this one early on and nodded off briefly so I have no solving time to offer, but on resumption it all fell into place fairly easily. As … Read more “Times Cryptic 27362”
Times Quick Cryptic 1360 by Teazel
Solving time: 7 minutes A couple of clues (1ac and 23ac) stopped me in my tracks for a moment re parsing and there was one answer (12dn) I didn’t know and had to guess from … Read more “Times Quick Cryptic 1360 by Teazel”
Times Cryptic 27356
Solving time: 36 minutes with one wrong unchecked letter at 23ac. As usual definitions are underlined in bold italics, {deletions and substitutions are in curly brackets} and [anagrinds, containment, reversal and other indicators in square … Read more “Times Cryptic 27356”
Times Cryptic 27350
I needed a little over an hour for this one with several guesses which fortunatley proved to be correct. As I started preparing the blog I still didn’t have all the parsings but I arrived at … Read more “Times Cryptic 27350”